kauri (n.)

  1. 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 ]

  2. tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood

    [ Syn: kaury , agathis australis ]

  3. white close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis especially Agathis australis

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