araucaria C2 Topic:Plants & Agriculture US /ærɔˈkɛriə/ UK /arɔːˈkɛːriə/ See IPA manual Freq #278339 Meanings 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. Thesaurus Word family Related forms monkey puzzlebunya pinehoop pineconifer Etymology 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. Topics Plants & Agriculture External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # araucaria **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ærɔˈkɛriə/ **IPA (UK):** /arɔːˈkɛːriə/ **Frequency rank:** 278339 ## Meanings 1. an evergreen coniferous tree of the genus Araucaria, which includes the monkey puzzle, bunya pine, and hoop pine ## Examples - The botanist identified the tall araucaria by its stiff leaves and massive cones. ## Related Forms - monkey puzzle - bunya pine - hoop pine - conifer ## Etymology 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. ## Topics - Plants & Agriculture markdown