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Home Dictionary Name: chilianMonkeys puzzle
A lofty coniferous Chilian tree Araucaria araucana formerly Araucaria imbricata the branches of which are so crowded and intertwisted ldquoas to puzzle a monkey to climbrdquo It is also called monkey puzzle and monkey puzzle tree The edible nuts are over an inch long and are called pintildeon by the Chilians...
Chilian
Of or pertaining to Chili...
Cururo
A Chilian burrowing rodent of the genus Spalacopus...
Maqui
A Chilian shrub Aristotelia Maqui Its bark furnishes strings for musical instruments and a medicinal wine is made from its berries...
Peso
A Spanish dollar also an Argentine Chilian Colombian etc coin equal to from 75 cents to a dollar also a pound weight...
Pudu
A very small deer Pudua humilis native of the Chilian Andes It has simple spikelike antlers only two or three inches long...
Quebracho
A Chilian apocynaceous tree Aspidosperma Quebracho also its bark which is used as a febrifuge and for dyspnoeliga of the lung or bronchial diseases called also white quebracho to distinguish it from the red quebracho a Mexican anacardiaceous tree Loxopterygium Lorentzii whose bark is said to have similar properties...
Relbun
The roots of the Chilian plant Calceolaria arachnoidea used for dyeing crimson...
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