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    ARAUCARIACEAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Tall evergreen cone-bearing trees of South America and Australia with broad leathery leaves; in some classifications included in the Pinaceaeplay

    Synonyms:

    araucaria family; Araucariaceae; family Araucariaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Araucariaceae" is a kind of...):

    gymnosperm family (a family of gymnosperms)

    Meronyms (members of "Araucariaceae"):

    Wollemi pine (newly discovered (1994) pine thought to have been long extinct; Australia; genus and species names not yet assigned)

    genus Araucaria (a genus of the araucaria family)

    Agathis; genus Agathis (kauri pine)

    Holonyms ("Araucariaceae" is a member of...):

    Coniferales; order Coniferales (profusely branching and chiefly evergreen trees and some shrubs having narrow or needlelike leaves)

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