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Kauri

Kauri Meaning & Definition
Kauri Definition And Meaning

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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