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KAURI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
White close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis especially Agathis australis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("kauri" is a kind of...):
wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)
Holonyms ("kauri" is a substance of...):
dammar pine; kauri pine (any of various trees of the genus Agathis; yield dammar resin)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood
Synonyms:
Agathis australis; kauri; kaury
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("kauri" is a kind of...):
dammar pine; kauri pine (any of various trees of the genus Agathis; yield dammar resin)
Holonyms ("kauri" is a member of...):
Agathis; genus Agathis (kauri pine)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand; found usually as a fossil; also collected for making varnishes and linoleum
Synonyms:
kauri; kauri copal; kauri gum; kauri resin
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("kauri" is a kind of...):
copal (a brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes)
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