monkey-puzzle

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  1. noun A coniferous evergreen tree (Araucaria araucana) native to Chile, having intricately ramifying branches covered with overlapping, leathery, lanceolate, prickle-tipped leaves.

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  • The moon is a-shinin 'in the monkey-puzzle tree; —  King Coal : a Novel
  • The moon is a-shinin 'in the monkey-puzzle tree! —  King Coal : a Novel
  • The moon is a-shinin 'in the monkey-puzzle tree! " —  King Coal : a Novel
  • "He's a sort of walking monkey-puzzle, I guess," said the voice, and a roguish laugh followed the words. —  The Odds And Other Stories
  • The view was much the same as that seen from the bathroom, only that instead of grass and flower-beds there was a gravel sweep, and, just opposite the front door, a circle of grass with a tall monkey-puzzle tree in the centre. —  The Invader A Novel
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  1. Perhaps from the obstacle its intertwined branches would pose.
 

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