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noun
A conifer of the genus Agathis, found in Australasia and Melanesia, especially Agathis australis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: New-Zealand, countable, uncountable
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noun
A resinous product of the kauri tree, found in the form of yellow or brown lumps in the ground where the trees have grown. It is used for making varnish, and as a substitute for amber.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Alternative form of cowrie.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
white close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis especially Agathis australis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: wood
noun
tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: kaury, Agathis australis
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Broader terms: kauri pine, dammar pine
noun
resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand; found usually as a fossil; also collected for making varnishes and linoleum
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: kauri copal, kauri resin, kauri gum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: copal
History
Borrowed from Māori kauri from Proto-Polynesian *kauquli, from *kau (“tree”) + *quli (“black”), originally referring to Samoan ebony ("Diospyros samoensis").
Across languages
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