Monkey's puzzle

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·- A lofty coniferous Chilian tree (Araucaria imbricata), the branches of which are so crowded and intertwisted "as to puzzle a monkey to climb." The edible nuts are over an inch long, and are called piöon by the Chilians.

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