Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Araucaria"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Araucaria \Ar`au*ca"ri*a\, 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
araucaria
n : any of several tall South American or Australian trees with
large cones and edible seeds
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