araucarian
Collocations
4ADJ.
inventive, other
VERB + ARAUCARIAN
detected, exclude
ARAUCARIAN + NOUN
conifers, layer, puzzle, word
ADV.
mostly
Definitions
adj
Relating to, or of the nature of, trees of family Araucariaceae.
The earliest conifers in geological history were mostly araucarian.
Araucarian Conifers
noun
Any tree of the genus Araucaria.
adj
Alternative letter-case form of araucarian.
Of or pertaining to the cryptic crossword style used by "Araucaria" (John Galbraith Graham); focused on humour and lateral thinking rather than strict grammaticality.
They vary as much as the Guardian but generally exclude the more Araucarian style of puzzle.
True-blue Ximeneans would be appalled – a rubbery clue, a deviant whim, not a verb in sight – but I reckon it's funny, and inventive, and Araucarian – the other word to describe libertarians.
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5The earliest conifers in geological history were mostly araucarian.
WiktionaryAraucarian Conifers
WiktionaryThey vary as much as the Guardian but generally exclude the more Araucarian style of puzzle.
WiktionaryTrue-blue Ximeneans would be appalled – a rubbery clue, a deviant whim, not a verb in sight – but I reckon it's funny, and inventive, and Araucarian – the other word to describe libertarians.
WiktionaryThe clues were close to Ximenean standards, with just the occasional superfluous "to" or "a". But solvers detected another, Araucarian layer of meaning
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