Araucaria

See also: araucaria, araucária, and Araucária

Translingual

Araucaria araucana, monkey puzzle tree

Etymology

Named after the Chilean province of Arauco +‎ -aria

Proper noun

Araucaria f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Araucariaceae – conifer trees, native to South America and Australasia, including nine species, including the monkey puzzle.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; Pinopsida – class; Pinidae – subclass; Pinales – order; Araucariaceae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Araucaria araucana (syn. Araucaria imbricata) – type species; for other species see Araucaria at Plants of the World Online.

References

• Araucaria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Araucaria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Araucaria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Araucaria at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Araucaria at Plants of the World Online
• Araucaria at Gymnosperms Database
• Araucaria at Tropicos
• Araucaria at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Araucaria at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Araucaria at USDA Plants database
• “Araucaria”, in Paleobiology Database, 2026
• Araucaria at The Plant List

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /arɔːˈkɛːri.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ærɔˈkɛ.ri.ə/, /ɛr-/ (Mary–marry–merry merger), /rɑˈ-/ (cot–caught merger)
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹi.ə
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹi.ə

Noun

Araucaria (plural Araucarias)

1. A species of the genus Araucaria.
   • 2010, Richard Allen, Kimbal Baker, Australia's Remarkable Trees, →ISBN:

     He was particularly fond of mainland Australia's two Araucarias — the Bunya Pine and the Hoop Pine.

See also

• the English noun araucaria