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KAURI PINE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Any of various trees of the genus Agathis; yield dammar resin
Synonyms:
dammar pine; kauri pine
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("kauri pine" is a kind of...):
conifer; coniferous tree (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones)
Meronyms (substance of "kauri pine"):
kauri (white close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis especially Agathis australis)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "kauri pine"):
Agathis australis; kauri; kaury (tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood)
Agathis alba; Agathis dammara; amboina pine; amboyna pine (native to the Moluccas and Philippines; a source of dammar resin)
Agathis robusta; dundathu pine; queensland kauri; smooth bark kauri (Australian timber tree resembling the kauri but having wood much lighter in weight and softer)
Agathis lanceolata; red kauri (New Zealand tree with glossy leaves and scaly reddish-brown bark)
Holonyms ("kauri pine" is a member of...):
Agathis; genus Agathis (kauri pine)