kau·ri (kou r )n. pl. kau·ris 1. Any of several coniferous evergreen trees of the genus Agathis, especially A. australis of New Zealand, having broad leathery leaves. 2. The white close-grained wood of one of these trees. 3. A resinous copal or a fossilized resin of these trees, used in varnishes and enamels. [Maori kawri.] |
kauri
Noun
a large New Zealand conifer grown for its valuable wood and resin [Maori]
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| Noun | 1. |  kauri - resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand; found usually as a fossil; also collected for making varnishes and linoleumcopal - a brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes |
| 2. | kauri - tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood Agathis, genus Agathis - kauri pine dammar pine, kauri pine - any of various trees of the genus Agathis; yield dammar resin | |
| 3. | kauri - white close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis especially Agathis australis dammar pine, kauri pine - any of various trees of the genus Agathis; yield dammar resin wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees |
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