kaury

Noun
Synonyms: kauriAgathis australis

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained woodSynonyms: kauriAgathis australis
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

kaury \kaury\ n. Same as kauri.

Syn: kauri, Agathis australis. [WordNet 1.5]

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]
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