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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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 piñon by the Chilians.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Araucaria araucana
      n : large Chilean evergreen conifer having intertwined branches
          and bearing edible nuts [syn: monkey puzzle, chile
           pine]