monkey's puzzle

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monkey's puzzle - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Monkey's puzzle \Mon"key's puz"zle\ (Bot.)
     A lofty coniferous Chilian tree (Araucaria araucana,
     formerly Araucaria imbricata), the branches of which are so
     crowded and intertwisted "as to puzzle a monkey to climb." It
     is also called monkey puzzle and monkey puzzle tree. The
     edible nuts are over an inch long, and are called pi[~n]on by
     the Chilians.
     [1913 Webster]