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Definition: Araucaria |
AraucariaNoun1. Any of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seeds. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "araucaria" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1912. (references) |
Note: Araucaria \Ar`au*ca"ri*a\, noun. [Araucania, territory south of Chili.]. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Araucaria is familiar to many people as the genus of the distinctive coniferous Monkeypuzzle tree, and is named after the Arauco Indians of central Chile who's territory incorporates natural stands of the tree.
Pinophyta: Conifers Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Pinophyta Class: Pinopsida Order: Pinales Family: Araucariaceae Genus: Araucaria The genus has a highly disjunct distribution including such diverse regions as Argentina, Chile, southern Brazil, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Australia, and New Guinea. It appears from fossil records to have formerly existed also in the northern hemisphere with many if not all current populations being relic and restricted.
There are several of this small genus of about 19 species that are relatively common in cultivation because of their distinctive, regimented growth habit. They include the Norfolk Island Pine (A. heterophylla), Chile Pine or Monkeypuzzle Tree (A. araucana) and Bunya Pine (A. bidwillii).
Full species list for Araucaria:
Araucaria is the pseudonym used by the cryptic crossword compiler John Graham.
- A. angustifolia
- A. araucana
- A. bernieri
- A. bidwillii
- A. biramulata
- A. columnaris
- A. cunninghamii
- A. heterophylla
- A. humboldtensis
- A. hunsteinii
- A. laubenfelsii
- A. luxurians
- A. montana
- A. muelleri
- A. nemorosa
- A. rulei
- A. schmidii
- A. scopulorum
- A. subulata
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Araucaria."
Crosswords: Araucaria |
| English words defined with "araucaria": Araucarian ♦ genus Araucaria ♦ Monkey's puzzle ♦ Norfolk Island pine. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Araucaria" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Spanish (araucaria, monkey-puzzle). |
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| "Pinheiro" by Ralph Spegel Commentary: "Araucaria Augustfolia, native tree from south Brazil. Pine Tree family." |
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| "Araucaria" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Araucaria" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "araucaria": araucaria araucana ♦ araucaria bidwillii ♦ araucaria columnaris ♦ araucaria cunninghamii ♦ araucaria excelsa ♦ araucaria family ♦ araucaria heterophylla ♦ araucaria imbricata ♦ genus Araucaria. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
araucaria | 76 |
araucaria araucana | 18 |
angustifolia araucaria | 9 |
araucaria brazil | 7 |
araucaria heterophylla | 5 |
araucaria bidwillii | 3 |
araucaria imbricata | 3 |
araucaria chilena | 2 |
araucaria excelsa | 2 |
araucaria mata | 2 |
araucaria da mata | 2 |
araucaria con selva | 2 |
araucaria en español | 2 |
araucaria pinheiro | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "araucaria"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | parana fyr (Brazilian araucaria, Brazilian pine, Parana pine). (various references) | |
Dutch | Parana pine (Brazilian araucaria, Brazilian pine, Parana pine). (various references) | |
Esperanto | araŭkario (monkey puzzle). (various references) | |
Finnish | parananaraukaria (Brazilian araucaria, Brazilian pine, Parana pine). (various references) | |
French | araucaria du Brésil (Brazilian araucaria), pinho do Parana (Brazilian araucaria), pin du Parana (Brazilian araucaria). (various references) | |
German | Araucarie (Brazilian araucaria, Brazilian pine, Parana pine), Paranakiefer (Brazilian araucaria, Brazilian pine, Parana pine), Parana pine (Brazilian araucaria, Brazilian pine, Parana pine), Brasilkiefer (Brazilian araucaria, Brazilian pine, Parana pine). (various references) | |
Italian | pino del Parana (Brazilian araucaria, Brazilian pine, Parana pine). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | araucariaay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | araucária (monkey puzzle), pinheirobrasileiro (monkey puzzle). (various references) | |
Spanish | araucaria (monkey-puzzle). (various references) | |
Swedish | paranagran (Brazilian araucaria, Brazilian pine, Parana pine). (various references) | |
Turkish | orman çamı. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | араукарія (monkey-puzzle). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "araucaria": araucarian, araucarias. (additional references) | |
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"Araucaria" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: apricaria, Arancibia, Arauca, araucanian, Arucaria. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "araucaria" (pronounced 'Ar`au*ca"ri*a'): Acetonuria, Acrita, Adularia, Adversaria, Albuminuria, Alcyonaria, Anisocoria, Aporia, Appendicularia, Apteria, Aria, Auricularia, Azoturia, Balistraria, Baria, Bipinnaria, Brachiolaria, Cafeteria, calceolaria, Calvaria, Carinaria, Cercaria, Ceria, Chyluria, Cineraria, Cnidaria, Convallaria, Curia, Dataria, Dysphoria, filaria, Fistularia, Gastrotricha, Gloria, Glucosuria, Glycosuria, hematuria, Homoeomeria, hysteria, Ichthyosauria, Krameria, Laminaria, Lemuria, Lepidosauria, Lucernaria, malaria, Memoria, Mercenaria, Mesosauria, Microbacteria. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-a-c-i-r-r-u" | |
-3 letters: curara, curari. | |
-4 letters: acari, aurar, auric, crura, curia, urari. | |
-5 letters: aria, aura, carr, curr, raia, uric. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-a-c-i-r-r-u" | |
+1 letter: araucarian, araucarias. | |
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