kauri
Also kauri pine . a tall, coniferous tree, Agathis australis, of New Zealand, yielding a valuable timber and a resin.
the wood of this tree.
any of various other trees of the genus Agathis.
Origin of kauri
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How to use kauri in a sentence
The beach abuts Noosa National Park, where we’d spent many mornings over the years walking the trails and breathing the rainforest smells of hoop and kauri pine.
The country’s swampy bogs preserve the relics of kauri trees dating as far back as the Laschamps excursion.
A magnetic field reversal 42,000 years ago may have contributed to mass extinctions | Carolyn Gramling | February 18, 2021 | Science NewsNamed after the Maori forest god, the largest living kauri has stretched to 167 feet in height in its 1200-plus years.
It’s a Big, Big World: Sights That Make You Feel Small | Lonely Planet | December 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe could not find an individual so enterprising as to venture to deal in a cargo of kauri gum after his fashion.
The Prime Minister | Anthony TrollopeThe sides were made out of one wide plank of kauri pine without a join.
The Sportswoman's Library, v. 2 | Various
As she was to call at New Zealand to get some kauri spars, five Maoris went with her, working their passage over.
History of Australia and New Zealand | Alexander SutherlandThe British slept that night without tents round fires of kauri gum, but next morning all was astir for the attack.
History of Australia and New Zealand | Alexander SutherlandBesides flax, it was found that New Zealand produced most excellent timber--the kauri pine.
The Book of the Bush | George Dunderdale
British Dictionary definitions for kauri
/ (ˈkaʊrɪ) /
a New Zealand coniferous tree, Agathis australis, with oval leaves and round cones: family Araucariaceae
the wood or resin of this tree
Origin of kauri
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