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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Maori kawri Date: 1823 1. any of various trees (genus Agathis) of the araucaria family; especially a tall timber tree (A. australis) of New Zealand having fine white straight-grained wood — called also kauri pine 2. a light-colored to brown resin from the kauri tree found as a fossil in the ground or collected from living trees and used especially in varnishes and linoleum — called also kauri gum, kauri resin

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. kauris) a coniferous New Zealand tree, Agathis australis, which produces valuable timber and a resin. Phrases and idioms: kauri-gum this resin. Etymology: Maori

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Kauri Ka"u*ri, n. [Native name.] (Bot.) A lofty coniferous tree of New Zealand Agathis, or Dammara, australis), furnishing valuable timber and yielding one kind of dammar resin. [Written also kaudi, cowdie, and cowrie.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Kauri Kau"ri, n. (a) Kauri resin. (b) By extension, any of various species of Dammara; as, the red kauri (D. lanceolata).