araucaria

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an evergreen coniferous tree of the genus Araucaria, which includes the monkey puzzle, bunya pine, and hoop pine

   The botanist identified the tall araucaria by its stiff leaves and massive cones.

From New Latin Araucaria, the genus name, based on Spanish Arauco, the name of a region in Chile. Arauco itself comes from Mapudungun rag ko.

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