Kauri Definition

kourē
kauris
noun
A tall evergreen tree (Agathis australis) of the pine family, growing in New Zealand.
Webster's New World
Its wood.
Webster's New World
A resin (kauri resin, kauri gum) from this tree, often found as a fossil, used in varnishes, adhesives, and linoleum.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • kauri gum
  • kauri resin
  • kauri copal
  • Agathis australis
  • kaury

Other Word Forms of Kauri

Noun

Singular:
kauri
Plural:
kauris

Origin of Kauri

  • Maori kawri

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Maori.

    From Wiktionary

  • From New Zealand.

    From Wiktionary

Kauri Sentence Examples

  • Amber has often been imitated by other resins like copal and kauri, as well as by celluloid and even glass.

  • Buried in this clay-marl are found large deposits of the fossil resin which becomes the kauri gum of commerce; and on the surface extensive forests are still a great though diminishing source of wealth.

  • Though much of the timber is of commercial value - notably the kauri, totara, puriri, rimu, matai and kahikatea - this has not saved the forests from wholesale, often reckless, destruction.

  • Kauri gum still holds its place as an export, over £500,000 worth being dug up annually.

  • The number of Istrians and Dalmatians who came from the Adriatic to dig for kauri gum led to the passing of restrictive laws.

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Words Starting With

KKAKAU

Words Ending With

IRIURI

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