| arauca | (n) a river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela |
| araucaria | (n) any of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seeds |
| araucariaceae | (n) tall evergreen cone-bearing trees of South America and Australia with broad leathery leaves; in some classifications included in the Pinaceae, Syn. araucaria family, family Araucariaceae |
| genus araucaria | (n) a genus of the araucaria family |
| bunya bunya | (n) Australian conifer bearing two-inch seeds tasting like roasted chestnuts; among the aborigines the tree is hereditary property protected by law, Syn. bunya bunya tree, Araucaria bidwillii |
| hoop pine | (n) pine of Australia and New Guinea; yields a valuable light even-textured wood, Syn. Moreton Bay pine, Araucaria cunninghamii |
| monkey puzzle | (n) large Chilean evergreen conifer having intertwined branches and bearing edible nuts, Syn. Araucaria araucana, chile pine |
| new caledonian pine | (n) very tall evergreen of New Caledonia and the New Hebrides similar to norfolk island pine, Syn. Araucaria columnaris |
| norfolk island pine | (n) evergreen of Australia and Norfolk Island in the South Pacific, Syn. Araucaria heterophylla, Araucaria excelsa |
| Araucaria | ‖n. [ Araucania, a territory south of Chili. ] (Bot.) A genus of tall conifers of the pine family. The species are confined mostly to South America and Australia. The wood cells differ from those of other in having the dots in their lateral surfaces in two or three rows, and the dots of contiguous rows alternating. The seeds are edible. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Araucariaceae | n. |
| Araucarian | a. Relating to, or of the nature of, the Araucaria. The earliest conifers in geological history were mostly Araucarian. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ] |