Definition of Araucaria bidwillii

1. Noun. Australian conifer bearing two-inch seeds tasting like roasted chestnuts; among the aborigines the tree is hereditary property protected by law.

Exact synonyms: Bunya Bunya, Bunya Bunya Tree
Terms within: Bunya Bunya
Generic synonyms: Araucaria

Lexicographical Neighbors of Araucaria Bidwillii

Aranyaka
Arapaho
Arapahoe
Arapahos
Ararat
Aras
Aras an Uachtaran
Arau
Arauca
Araucana
Araucania
Araucanian
Araucanians
Araucanization
Araucaria araucana
Araucaria bidwillii (current term)
Araucaria columnaris
Araucaria cunninghamii
Araucaria excelsa
Araucaria heterophylla
Araucariaceae
Araujia
Araujia sericofera
Arava
Arawak
Arawakan
Arawn
Arax
Araxes
Arbil

Literary usage of Araucaria bidwillii

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1907)
"On Araucaria bidwillii. This species is commonly known as the ... mealy-bug," and is quite troublesome in the greenhouses on Araucaria bidwillii. ..."

2. Among Cannibals: An Account of Four Years' Travels in Australia and of Camp by Carl Lumholtz (1889)
"In Queensland and northern New South Wales there are, however, two remarkable true AN AUSTRALIAN SPRUCE (Araucaria bidwillii). cone-bearing trees : namely, ..."

3. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"U. Araucaria bidwillii. 15. Araucaria excelsa. 16. Grevillea robusta. 17. Ju£lana Californica and spp. 18. Ulmus racemosa and spp. 19. Acer Negundo and var. ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1903)
"In Araucaria bidwillii division of the vascular strand into two horseshoe-shaped masses was observed. The seedlings of Araucaria, ..."

5. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"An Australian tree, Araucaria bidwillii, Hooker, with fruit somewhat like Bertholletia excelsa, JV.O. Conifers. Widgi- Widgi station on the Mary was the ..."

6. A Manual of the North American Gymnosperms: Exclusive of the Cycadales But by David Pearce Penhallow (1907)
"Growth rings not very well developed. 3. Araucaria bidwillii (p. 205). Resin when present massive (radial), not in plates. ..."

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