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单词 monkey puzzle
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
monkey puz′zle, 
  1. Plant Biologya South American, coniferous timber tree, Araucaria araucana, having candelabralike branches, stiff sharp leaves, and edible nuts.
  • perh. from the intertwined arrangement of its limbs 1865–70

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monkey puzzle n
  1. a South American coniferous tree, Araucaria araucana, having branches shaped like a candelabrum and stiff sharp leaves: family Araucariaceae
    Also called: Chile pine
Etymology: so called because monkeys allegedly have difficulty climbing them
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