araucarian

adj

1. (not-comparable)Relating to, or of the nature of, trees of family Araucariaceae.

   “The earliest conifers in geological history were mostly araucarian.”

   “Araucarian Conifers”

2. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of araucarian.
3. 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.”

   “The clues were close to Ximenean standards, with just the occasional superfluous "to" or "a". But solvers detected another, Araucarian layer of meaning”

noun

1. Any tree of the genus Araucaria.