Kauri

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

kauri
    n 1: 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}]
    2: tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained
       wood [syn: {kauri}, {kaury}, {Agathis australis}]
    3: white close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis
       especially Agathis australis

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

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