araucaria
noun
ar·au·car·ia
ˌa-ˌrȯ-ˈka-rē-ə 
ˌer-ȯ-
: any of a genus (Araucaria of the family Araucariaceae, the araucaria family) of South American or Australian coniferous trees that resemble pines and are often grown as ornamentals
especially
: monkey puzzle
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The park, an oasis of trees like tipa and araucarias, sprawling lawns, and a lake filled with koi — the enormous fish that also fill the waterways of Jardín Japones in Palermo — is teeming with locals reading, painting or working out on Saturdays.
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Maria Cramer, New York Times, 18 May 2023
There's a spot about four miles into the Los Lagos Trail, in Chile's Huerquehue National Park, where venerable araucaria trees preside over a primordial rain forest.
—Mark Johanson, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2021
In La Araucanía, home to the Mapuche, Chile’s largest Indigenous group, deep forests are covered by century-old araucaria trees.
—Charis McGowan, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 May 2021
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Maria Cramer, New York Times, 18 May 2023
There's a spot about four miles into the Los Lagos Trail, in Chile's Huerquehue National Park, where venerable araucaria trees preside over a primordial rain forest.
—Mark Johanson, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2021
In La Araucanía, home to the Mapuche, Chile’s largest Indigenous group, deep forests are covered by century-old araucaria trees.
—Charis McGowan, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 May 2021
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“Araucaria.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/araucaria. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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