Meaning of KAURI
| Pronunciation: | | 'kawree
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | Agathis australis, kauri copal, kauri gum, kauri resin, kaury |
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| | See Also: | | Agathis, copal, dammar pine, genus Agathis, kauri pine, wood | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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