araucaria
/ærɔˈkɛ.ri.ə/noun
araucaria is a noun meaning “An individual plant (tree) of the genus Araucaria” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-R-A-U-C-A-R-I-A, and it appears about once in every 17 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of araucaria is araucarias.
What does araucaria mean?
noun
- 1
An individual plant (tree) of the genus Araucaria.
noun
- 1
A species of the genus Araucaria.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce araucaria?
- UK /arɔːˈkɛːri.ə/
- US /ærɔˈkɛ.ri.ə/
- US /ɛr-/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of araucaria
- araucarias plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is araucaria?
Araucaria appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Araucaria in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense any tree of the genus Araucaria:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does araucaria come from?
From taxonomic name Araucaria, after Spanish Arauco (“Chilean province”), from Mapudungun rag ko.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).