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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. large Chilean evergreen conifer having intertwined branches and bearing edible nuts;
[syn: monkey puzzle, chile pine, Araucaria araucana]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Monkey's puzzle \Mon"key's puz"zle\ (Bot.) A lofty coniferous Chilian tree (Araucaria araucana, formerly Araucaria imbricata), the branches of which are so crowded and intertwisted "as to puzzle a monkey to climb." It is also called monkey puzzle and monkey puzzle tree. The edible nuts are over an inch long, and are called pi[~n]on by the Chilians. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

monkey puzzle n 1: large Chilean evergreen conifer having intertwined branches and bearing edible nuts [syn: monkey puzzle, chile pine, Araucaria araucana]