'Kauri' definitions:
Definition of 'kauri'
(from WordNet)
noun
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]
noun
Tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood [syn: kauri, kaury, Agathis australis]
noun
White close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis especially Agathis australis
Definition of 'Kauri'
From: GCIDE
- Kauri \Ka"u*ri\, n. [Native name.] (Bot.) A tall coniferous tree of New Zealand Agathis australis, or Dammara australis), having white straight-grained wood furnishing valuable timber and also yielding one kind of dammar resin. [Written also kaudi, kaury, cowdie, and cowrie.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Kauri'
From: GCIDE
- Kauri \Kau"ri\, n. (a) Kauri resin. (b) By extension, any of various species of Dammara; as, the red kauri (Dammara lanceolata). [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Kauri gum Kauri resin