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Kauri
‖
Ka′u-ri
,Noun.
[Native name.]
(Bot.)
A tall coniferous tree of New Zealand
Agathis australis
, or Dammara australis
), having white straight-grained wood furnishing valuable timber and also yielding one kind of dammar resin
. [Written also
kaudi
, kaury
, cowdie
, and cowrie
.] Definition 2024
Kauri
kauri
kauri
English
Noun
kauri (plural kauris)
- A conifer of the genus Agathis, family Araucariaceae, found in Australasia and Melanesia.
- (New Zealand) Agathis australis, a large conifer of the family Araucariaceae.
- 1956, Frank Clune, Roaming round New Zealand: the story of a holiday trip
- There is an ancient legend that if the kauris disappear from New Zealand, the Maoris will also disappear.
- 1956, Frank Clune, Roaming round New Zealand: the story of a holiday trip
- A resinous product of the kauri tree, found in the form of yellow or brown lumps in the ground where the trees have grown. It is used for making varnish, and as a substitute for amber.
Hyponyms
- (resinous product): kauri copal, Manilla copal, dammar gum