[syn: kauri, kaury, Agathis australis]
3. white close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis especially Agathis australis;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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, kaury, cowdie, and
cowrie.]
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Kauri \Kau"ri\, n.
(a) Kauri resin.
(b) By extension, any of various species of Dammara; as,
the red kauri (Dammara lanceolata).
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] Kauri gum
Kauri resin
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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, kauri copal, kauri resin, kauri gum]
2: tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained
wood [syn: kauri, kaury, Agathis australis]
3: white close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis
especially Agathis australis