[kou-ree] 
| 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. |
| 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. |
| kau·ri (kou'rē) n. pl. kau·ris
[Maori kawri.] |