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monkey-puzzle

monkey-puzzle is the alternative spelling of monkey puzzle.

Meaning of monkey puzzle

Noun

monkey puzzle (plural monkey puzzles)

  1. A large coniferous tree, Araucaria araucana, native to Chile.
    • They could see the small stone house where she used to live, with a monkey puzzle in front of it like a moustache.1951, Victor Sawdon Pritchett, Mr Beluncle, New York: The Modern Library, published 2005, page 88

Forms of monkey-puzzle

pluralmonkey-puzzles

Questions about monkey-puzzle

What is monkey-puzzle the alternative spelling of?
Monkey-puzzle is the alternative spelling of monkey puzzle.

Words near monkey-puzzle in the dictionary

  1. monkey-patches
  2. monkey-patching
  3. monkey-paw
  4. monkey-paws
  5. monkey-pox
  6. monkey-puzzle
  7. monkey-puzzles
  8. monkey-shine
  9. monkey-shines
  10. monkey-speak
  11. monkey-strap

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