araucarian

Araucaria +‎ -n

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌæɹɔːˈkɛə.ɹi.ən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌæɹɔˈkɛ.ɹi.ən/, (cot–caught merger) /ˌæɹɑˈ-/
  • (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˌɛɹɔˈkɛ.ɹi.ən/, (cot–caught merger) /ˌɛɹɑˈ-/
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹiən

araucarian (not comparable)

1. (botany) Relating to, or of the nature of, trees of family Araucariaceae.

   Synonym: araucariaceous

   The earliest conifers in geological history were mostly araucarian.

   • 1863, James Dwight Dana, Manual of Geology:

     Araucarian Conifers

araucarian (plural araucarians)

1. Any tree of the genus Araucaria.

• auracarian