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kauri
DEFINITIONS OF:
kauri
1
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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