About The Word Kauri
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Kauri
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What's The Definition Of Kauri?
[n] white close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis especially Agathis australis
[n] tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood [n] resin of the kauri trees of N Zealand; found usually as a fossil; also collected for making varnishes and linoleum Synonyms | Synonyms for Kauri: Agathis australis | kauri copal | kauri gum | kauri resin | kaury Related Terms | Find terms related to Kauri: See Also | Agathis | copal | dammar pine | genus Agathis | kauri pine | wood Kauri In Webster's Dictionary \Ka"u*ri\, n. [Native name.] (Bot.)
A lofty coniferous tree of New Zealand {Agathis, or Dammara,
australis}), furnishing valuable timber and yielding one kind
of dammar resin. [Written also {kaudi}, {cowdie}, and
{cowrie}.]
\Kau"ri\, n. (a) Kauri resin. (b) By extension, any of various species of {Dammara}; as, the red kauri ({D. lanceolata}). |
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