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Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Araucaria araucana, a coniferous tree, native to Chile.
WordNet 3.0
- n. large Chilean evergreen conifer having intertwined branches and bearing edible nuts
Etymologies
- The branches are so crowded and intertwisted as to puzzle a monkey to climb. (Wiktionary)
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Lists
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• De rerum natura
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Interesting words in nature and natural science (in any language!).
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You can add species names that you lov...lagerstätte, parthenogenesis, bushbaby, lepidoptera, dinoflagellate, pupation, chrysalis, ephemeroptera, deinococcus radio..., homoplasy, sciophilous, syncytium and 218 more...
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Love Across Kingdoms
Appendix of sorts to AIC, listing plants named with reference to animals and vice versa.
duck potato, hog plum, sorrel mare, horse aloe, horse chestnut, banana slug, tiger lily, buffalo grass, tuna fruit, monkey puzzle, bull kelp, hawkweed and 133 more...
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butterflies, moths etc
harlequin metalmark, policeman, razorbill, common evening Brown, large blue, little bride unde..., little nymph unde..., plain golden Y, common mormon, skullcap skeleton..., Beautiful Golden Y, uncertain owlet and 170 more...
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Two for the price of one
Words that call to mind two different organisms: e.g., roach the insect and the fish; crow like a rooster. Words such as bullfrog where only part of the word refers to the second organism are exclu...
roach, crow, buck, monkey puzzle, pup, grunt, calf, crab, hens and chicks, loggerhead, tom, man-of-war and 8 more...
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artoparts's Words
illation, finite, edify, abide, abrade, vouch, amiss, vociferate, perusing, techantiquery, rigamarole, holon and 615 more...
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Trees!
mahogany, sequoia, balsa, sandalwood, tamarind, balsam, eucalyptus, birch, willow, buttonwood, evergreen, loblolly and 501 more...
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sionnach's Words
contumely, fomite, holmgang, poltroon, eleemosynary, obsidian, nugatory, grindcore, felch, recrudescent, pyx, parenteral and 3271 more...
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Hedgepiglet
Words for things both tangible and nonanthropic
rorqual, vellus, wrasse, rainbow bee-eater, tinkershire, lemonquat, boomslang, tufted vetch, cubeb, nipplefruit, madapple, wad and 447 more...
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Trees I've Discovered (Or Discovered ...
Trees I've discovered (or, in some cases, discovered again) and have fallen in love with.
umbrella thorn, sugar maple, baobab, california redfern, kauri, monkey puzzle, horse chestnut, paper mulberry, cedar of lebanon, kapok, mediterranean cyp..., flamboyante and 28 more...
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Prolagus Interestingly, it is also the name of a butterfly (Rathinda amor). May 4, 2008
yarb Araucaria araucana.
These trees have been present at three of the most memorable moments in my life. Oct 22, 2007
sionnach large Chilean evergreen conifer having intertwined branches and bearing edible nuts Oct 22, 2007