Noun | 1. | genus Agathis - kauri pine gymnosperm genus - a genus of gymnosperms araucaria family, Araucariaceae, family Araucariaceae - tall evergreen cone-bearing trees of South America and Australia with broad leathery leaves; in some classifications included in the Pinaceae dammar pine, kauri pine - any of various trees of the genus Agathis; yield dammar resin Agathis australis, kaury, kauri - tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood Agathis robusta, dundathu pine, queensland kauri, smooth bark kauri - Australian timber tree resembling the kauri but having wood much lighter in weight and softer Agathis lanceolata, red kauri - New Zealand tree with glossy leaves and scaly reddish-brown bark |