araucaria vs conifer

araucaria and conifer both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
araucaria	Yes	No	No	No
conifer	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, conifer is a hypernym of araucaria; that is, conifer is a word with a broader meaning than araucaria:

araucaria: any of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seeds
conifer: any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones

Other hypernyms of araucaria include coniferous tree.

araucaria (noun)	conifer (noun)
any of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seeds	any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones