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kauri

DEFINITIONS OF: kauri

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

Synonyms:
Agathis australis, kaury
Type of:
dammar pine, kauri pine
any of various trees of the genus Agathis; yield dammar resin

n resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand; found usually as a fossil; also collected for making varnishes and linoleum

Synonyms:
kauri copal, kauri gum, kauri resin
Type of:
copal
a brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes

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

Type of:
wood
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
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