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Definitions for: 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
Webster (1913) Definition: 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).
Synonyms: Agathis australis, kauri copal, kauri gum, kauri resin, kaury
See Also: Agathis, copal, dammar pine, genus Agathis, kauri pine, wood
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