kauri

/ˈkaʊri/

Other forms: kauris

Definitions of kauri

1. noun

   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
2. noun

   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
3. noun

   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