English dictionary
kauri
/'k/AU/r/i/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand; found usually as a fossil; also collected for making varnishes and linoleum
Source: WordNet 3.0
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tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood
Source: WordNet 3.0
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white close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis especially Agathis australis
Source: WordNet 3.0
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A lofty coniferous tree of New Zealand <i>Agathis, or Dammara, australis</i>), furnishing valuable timber and yielding one kind of dammar resin.
Source: webster1913
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Kauri resin.
Source: webster1913