araucariaceae (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Araucariaceae*:
NOUN	plant	Araucariaceae, family Araucariaceae, araucaria family	tall evergreen cone-bearing trees of South America and Australia with broad leathery leaves

English > *Araucariaceae*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	tall evergreen cone-bearing trees of South America and Australia with broad leathery leaves; in some classifications included in the Pinaceae.
Synonyms	family Araucariaceae, araucaria family
Member of	Coniferales, order Coniferales	profusely branching and chiefly evergreen trees and some shrubs having narrow or needlelike leaves
Members	Agathis, genus Agathis	kauri pine
	Wollemi pine	newly discovered (1994) pine thought to have been long extinct
	genus Araucaria	A genus of the araucaria family
Broader	gymnosperm family	A family of gymnosperms
Spanish	araucariáceas
Catalan	Araucariaceae, araucariàcia, araucariàcies

HyperDic: araucariaceae