araucaria

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Definition

noun any of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seeds

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

All those identified by Doctor Knowlton were Araucaria, which do not now live in the northern hemisphere. — The Book of the National Parks, Robert Sterling Yard
There is a dry bituminous wood upon the plateau--a species of araucaria, according to our botanist--which is always used by the Indians for torches. — The Lost World, Arthur Conan Doyle

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