MONKEY PUZZLE

Meaning of MONKEY PUZZLE in English

Function: noun

Date: 1866

: a tall araucaria ( Araucaria araucana ) that is native to Chile and western Argentina but widely grown elsewhere ― called also monkey puzzle tree

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

MONKEY PUZZLE — noun Date: 1866 a tall araucaria ( Araucaria araucana ) that is native to Chile and western Argentina but widely …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MONKEY PUZZLE — noun also monkey puzzler : a tall Chilean evergreen tree ( Araucaria araucana ) having intertwined branches and stiff sharp-pointed …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MONKEY PUZZLE — a South American, coniferous timber tree, Araucaria araucana, having candelabralike branches, stiff sharp leaves, and edible nuts. [ 1865-70; perh. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MONKEY PUZZLE — n. Chilean evergreen tree that has intertwined branches with dark green spiny leaves and bears edible nuts
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MONKEY PUZZLE — Date: 1866 : a tall araucaria ( Araucaria araucana ) that is native to Chile and western Argentina but widely …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MONKEY PUZZLE — ■ noun an evergreen coniferous tree with branches covered in spirals of tough spiny leaf-like scales, native to Chile. [ …
Concise Oxford English vocab
MONKEY PUZZLE — [monkey puzzle] n (1866): a tall araucaria (Araucaria araucana) that is native to Chile and western Argentina but widely grown …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MONKEY-PUZZLE — monkey-puzzle BrE AmE ˈmʌŋk i ˌpʌz ə l ▷ monkey-puzzle|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MONKEY PUZZLE — (also ˈmonkey puzzle tree ) noun a conifer tree with very thin sharp leaves •• WORD ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MONKEY-PUZZLE — сущ.; бот. араукария чилийская (ботаника) араукария (Araucaria gen.)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MONKEY-PUZZLE — n бот. араукария ( Araucaria gen. )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MONKEY-PUZZLE — сущ.; бот.араукария чилийская
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
MONKEY PUZZLE — (n) араукария
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
MONKEY-PUZZLE — n бот. араукария ( Araucaria gen. )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
MONKEY-PUZZLE — n бот. араукария ( Araucaria gen. )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
MONKEY PUZZLE — n. араукария чилийская [бот.]
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
MONKEY PUZZLE — n. араукария чилийская [бот.]
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
MONKEY-PUZZLE — сущ. ; бот. араукария чилийская
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
MONKEY-PUZZLE — сущ.; бот. араукария чилийская
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
MONKEY-PUZZLE — бот. араукария чилийская (Araucaria araucana)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
MONKEY-PUZZLE — бот. араукария чилийская ( Araucaria araucana )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
MONKEY-PUZZLE — _n. _бот. араукария чилийская
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
MONKEY-PUZZLE — n. бот. араукария чилийская
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
MONKEY-PUZZLE — араукария чилийская
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
MONKEY-PUZZLE — _n. _бот. араукария чилийская
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
MONKEY-PUZZLE — сущ.; бот. араукария чилийская (ботаника) араукария (Araucaria gen.)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
MONKEY — I Any member of two tropical anthropoid primate groups: New World monkeys. Almost all species are tropical or subtropical, and …
Английский словарь Британика
PUZZLE — I. ˈpəzəl verb ( puzzled ; puzzled ; puzzling -z(ə)liŋ ; puzzles ) Etymology: origin unknown transitive verb 1. obsolete …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MONKEY — I. ˈməŋkē, -ki noun ( -s ) Etymology: probably of Low German, Dutch, or Flemish origin; akin to MFlemish Monnekin, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PUZZLE — (v. i.) To work, as at a puzzle; as, to puzzle over a problem.
Английский словарь Webster
PUZZLE — (v. t.) To solve by ingenuity, as a puzzle; -- followed by out; as, to puzzle out a mystery.
Английский словарь Webster
PUZZLE — (v.) The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle.
Английский словарь Webster
PUZZLE — ( v. ) The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PUZZLE — ( v. t. ) To solve by ingenuity, as a puzzle; -- followed by out; as, to puzzle out a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PUZZLE — ( v. i. ) To work, as at a puzzle; as, to puzzle over a problem.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PUZZLE — — puzzledly , adv. — puzzledness , n. /puz"euhl/ , n. , v. , puzzled, puzzling . n. 1. a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MONKEY — — monkeyish , adj. — monkeyishly , adv. — monkeyishness , n. /mung"kee/ , n. , pl. monkeys , v. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PUZZLE — I. ˈpə-zəl verb ( puz·zled ; puz·zling ˈpə-zə-liŋ, ˈpəz-liŋ) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1582 transitive verb 1. : to offer …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MONKEY — I. ˈməŋ-kē noun ( plural monkeys ) Etymology: probably of Low German origin; akin to Moneke, name of an ape, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PUZZLE — vi to be bewildered, or perplexed. 2. puzzle ·vt to make intricate; to entangle. 3. puzzle ·vi to work, as …
Webster English vocab
MONKEY — noun any species of quadrumana, except the lemurs. 2. monkey ·noun a small trading vessel of the sixteenth century. 3. …
Webster English vocab
PUZZLE — [puz.zle] vb puz.zled ; puz.zling [origin unknown] vt (1602) 1: to offer or represent to (as a person) a problem …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MONKEY — [mon.key] n, pl monkeys [prob. of LG origin; akin to Moneke, name of an ape, prob. of Romance origin; akin …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MONKEY — in general, any member of the mammalian order Primates, with the exception of the tree shrews, the lemurs and their …
Britannica English vocabulary
MONKEY — monkey BrE AmE ˈmʌŋk i ▷ monkey|ed d ▷ monkey|ing ɪŋ ▷ monkey|s z ▶ ˈ monkey ˌ business BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PUZZLE — / ˈpʌzl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a game, etc. that you have to think about carefully …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MONKEY — / ˈmʌŋki; NAmE / noun 1. an animal with a long tail, that climbs trees and lives in hot countries. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUZZLE — I. puz ‧ zle 1 /ˈpʌz ə l/ BrE AmE noun [countable] 1 . a game or toy that has …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MONKEY — I. mon ‧ key 1 /ˈmʌŋki/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: Probably from Low German ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MONKEY — n. & v. --n. (pl. -eys) 1 any of various New World and Old World primates esp. of the families …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MONKEY — n. & v. n. (pl. -eys) 1 any of various New World and Old World primates esp. of the families …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MONKEY — n. & v. --n. (pl. -eys) 1. any of various New World and Old World primates esp. of the families …
Oxford English vocab
PUZZLE — ( puzzles) 1. If something puzzles you, you do not understand it and feel confused. My sister puzzles me and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MONKEY — ( monkeys) 1. A monkey is an animal with a long tail which lives in hot countries and climbs trees. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUZZLE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a puzzled/baffled/bewildered expression (= one that shows you are confused or cannot understand something …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MONKEY — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Arctic Monkeys cheeky devil/monkey etc ▪ You did that on purpose, you cheeky little …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PUZZLE — [verb] - to cause (someone) to feel confused and slightly worried because they cannot understand something, or to think hard …
Cambridge English vocab
MONKEY — n. bonnet monkey capuchin monkey colobus monkey howler monkey monkey puzzle tree New World monkey Old World monkey proboscis monkey …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PUZZLE — Synonyms and related words : Chinese puzzle, Gordian knot, addle, ail, amaze, apply the mind, baffle, bafflement, baffling problem, bamboozle, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PUZZLE — I. noun 1 sth that is difficult to understand ADJECTIVE ▪ great ▪ perplexing ▪ scientific , theoretical VERB + …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PUZZLE — n. 25B6; verb her decision puzzled me : PERPLEX, confuse, bewilder, bemuse, baffle, mystify, confound, nonplus; informal flummox, faze, stump, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MONKEY — n. 25B6; noun SIMIAN, primate, ape. See list. you little monkey! : See rascal . 25A0; make a monkey (out) …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PUZZLE — v. 1 baffle, bewilder, confuse, confound, mystify, flummox, perplex, nonplus, stymie, stump I am completely puzzled by what you wrote …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
MONKEY — [Chinese] Monkey was a yellowed furred animal, with big ears and the power to change into more than 10,000 disguises. …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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