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kau⋅ri
[kou-ree] 
–noun, plural -ris.
| 1. | Also, kauri pine. a tall, coniferous tree, Agathis australis, of New Zealand, yielding a valuable timber and a resin. |
| 2. | the wood of this tree. |
| 3. | any of various other trees of the genus Agathis. |
| 4. | kauri resin. |
Origin:
1815–25; < Maori
1815–25; < Maori
kauri resin
–noun
| a hard resin obtained from the bark of the kauri or found, sometimes in masses of as much as 100 lb. (45 kg), in the soil where the tree has grown: used chiefly in making varnish. |
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| kau·ri (kou'rē) n. pl. kau·ris
[Maori kawri.] |
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Kauri
Ka"u*ri\, n. [Native name.] (Bot.) A lofty coniferous tree of New Zealand Agathis, or Dammara, australis), furnishing valuable timber and yielding one kind of dammar resin. [Written also kaudi, cowdie, and cowrie.]Kauri
Kau"ri\, n. (a) Kauri resin. (b) By extension, any of various species of Dammara; as, the red kauri (D. lanceolata).
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