araucaria

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UK/arɔːˈkɛːri.ə/US/ærɔˈkɛ.ri.ə/US/ɛr-/US, cot caught merger/rɑˈ-/

noun

An individual plant (tree) of the genus Araucaria.

Origintaxonomic name Araucaria ← Spanish Arauco ← Mapudungun rag ko →
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Meanings

araucaria1

nounaraucaria (plural araucarias)

plural araucarias

  1. An individual plant (tree) of the genus Araucaria.

Araucaria2

nounAraucaria (plural Araucarias)

plural Araucarias

  1. A species of the genus Araucaria.

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

    2010, Richard Allen, Kimbal Baker, Australia's Remarkable Trees, →ISBN

Origin

  1. Mapudungunrag ko
  2. SpanishArauco“Chilean province”
  3. taxonomic nameAraucaria
  4. Englisharaucaria

From taxonomic name Araucaria, after Spanish Arauco (“Chilean province”), from Mapudungun rag ko.

More words from taxonomic name, Spanish, Mapudungun

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 南洋杉
  • 南洋杉 (nányángshān)any tree of the genus Araucaria
French araucaria
  • araucariaany tree of the genus Araucaria
German Schmucktanne
  • Schmucktanneany tree of the genus Araucaria
Portuguese araucária
  • araucáriaany tree of the genus Araucaria
Romanian araucaria
  • araucariaany tree of the genus Araucaria
Slovak araukária
  • araukáriaany tree of the genus Araucaria
Spanish araucaria
  • araucariaany tree of the genus Araucaria
Tamil ஆராக்கேரியா
  • ஆராக்கேரியா (ārākkēriyā)any tree of the genus Araucaria

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with araucaria

areaBulgariamalariaBavariamilitariasamariaurticariaradiolariaHungariacnidariafritillariamammillariaCarpentariacrotalarialaminariamatricariapulmonariacalvariaarmillarialinariaSumeriarosariabariaCaria
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Cite this entry
APA

araucaria. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/araucaria

MLA

“araucaria.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/araucaria. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “araucaria,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/araucaria.

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