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Tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood
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kauri
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand; found usually as a fossil; also collected for making varnishes and linoleum [syn: kauri copal , kauri resin , kauri gum ] tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood [syn: kaury , Agathis ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A conifer of the genus ''Agathis'', family Araucariaceae, found in Australasia and Melanesia. 2 (context New Zealand English) (taxlink Agathis australis species noshow=1), a large conifer of the family Araucariaceae. 3 A resinous product of the kauri ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Kauri \Ka"u*ri\, n. [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 , ...
Usage examples of kauri.
The kauri pines were not exactly kauri, nor were the tree ferns quite the same Cryptogamia that flourished on the Aucklands and Macquarie.
There, among others, rose, to a height of nearly 200 feet above the ground, some of those superb coniferae, to which, in New Zealand, the natives give the name of Kauris.
Casuarina, candlenut and kauri pine flourished in abundance beside breadfruit, sago plant, oranges, pineapple, sweet banana and of course the inevitable coconut palm.
There, among others, rose, to a height of nearly 200 feet above the ground, some of those superb coniferae, to which, in New Zealand, the natives give the name of Kauris.
The light and active boy then sprang on the first branches, the arrangement of which made the ascent of the kauri easy, and in a few minutes he arrived at the summit, which emerged from the immense plain of verdure.
The kauris measured a hundred feet high, before the ramification of the branches.
I were to climb to the top of one of these kauris, I could survey the country for an immense distance round.