kauri Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand; found usually as a fossil; also collected for making varnishes and linoleum
    kauri copal; kauri gum; kauri resin.
  2. noun tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood
    Agathis australis; kaury.
  3. noun white close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis especially Agathis australis

WordNet

Ka"u*ri noun
Etymology
Native name.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A lofty coniferous tree of New Zealand Agathis, ∨ Dammara, australis), furnishing valuable timber and yielding one kind of dammar resin. Written also kaudi, cowdie, and cowrie.

Webster 1913