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kauri

UK/ˈkaʊɹi/ uncommon

noun

1.

resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand; found usually as a fossil; also collected for making varnishes and linoleum

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2.

tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood

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3.

white close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis especially Agathis australis

Origin

Borrowed from Māori kauri from Proto-Polynesian *kauquli, from *kau (“tree”) + *quli (“black”), originally referring to Samoan ebony ("Diospyros samoensis").

Phrases

  • kauri grass
  • kauri gum
  • kauri pine
  • kauri-butanol value

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