KAURI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kauri mean? 

• KAURI (noun)
  The noun KAURI has 3 senses:

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

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

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

  Familiarity information: KAURI used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KAURI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

kauri; kauri copal; kauri gum; kauri resin

Hypernyms ("kauri" is a kind of...):

copal (a brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Agathis australis; kauri; kaury

Hypernyms ("kauri" is a kind of...):

dammar pine; kauri pine (any of various trees of the genus Agathis; yield dammar resin)

Holonyms ("kauri" is a member of...):

Agathis; genus Agathis (kauri pine)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("kauri" is a kind of...):

wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Holonyms ("kauri" is a substance of...):

dammar pine; kauri pine (any of various trees of the genus Agathis; yield dammar resin)