Araucaria

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  araucaria
       n : any of several tall South American or Australian trees with
           large cones and edible seeds