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Parana|pəˈrɑːnə|
Also Paraná.
The name of a river and a province in Brazil, used attrib., usu. in Parana pine, to designate a large evergreen tree, Araucaria angustifolia, of the family Pinaceæ, found in the high plateau region of south-western Brazil, Paraguay, and northern Argentina; also, the light-coloured, softwood timber obtained from this tree.
1923Dallimore & Jackson Handbk. Coniferæ 153 Araucaria brasiliensis, Loudon. Parana Pine; Parana Wood. 1924Record & Mell Timbers Trop. Amer. ii. 92 The Paraná pine is the most extensively exploited timber in South America. 1959Archit. Rev. CXXV. 333/2 Natural wood, parana pine, oak and western red cedar. 1964Listener 17 Sept. 428/3 Paraná pine..—highly polished—forms the glistening verandah floor. 1971N. E. Hickin Wood Preservation 15 Araucaria angustifolia from Argentina and South Brazil is Parana Pine. 1977Irish Press 29 Sept. 16/1 (Advt.), Unique solid Parana Pine bunk beds, {pstlg}59. |