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
araucarian
ˌa-ˌrȯ-ˈka-rē-ən
adjective ˌer-ȯ-
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web 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
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 Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin, from Araucānus araucanian (borrowed from Spanish araucano) + -āria -ary entry 1
Note: Genus name introduced by the French botanist Antoine Laurent de Jussieu in Genera plantarum secundum ordines naturales disposita (Paris, 1789), pp. 413-14. Jussieu adapted the name from Juan Ignacio Molinaʼs Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chili (Bologna, 1782): "Il Pehuen, Pinus Araucana … nasce spontaneamente presso gli Araucani, e si coltiva nelle altre parti del Regno" ("The Pehuen, Pinus Araucana … grows naturally near the Araucanians, and is cultivated in the other parts of the country") (p. 182).
First Known Use
1806, in the meaning defined above