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karri

[ kar-ee ]

noun

  1. an Australian gum tree, Eucalyptus diversicolor.
  2. the heavy, tough wood of this tree.


karri

/ ˈkɑːrɪ /

noun

  1. an Australian eucalyptus tree, Eucalyptus diversifolia
  2. the durable wood of this tree, used esp for construction
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of karri1

First recorded in 1865–70; of obscure origin
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Word History and Origins

Origin of karri1

from a native Australian language
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Example Sentences

Karri Zaremba, Major League Baseball’s senior vice president of product, said Go-Ahead entry had been in the works for more than two years.

Karri Zaremba, Major League Baseball’s senior vice president of product, said Go-Ahead entry had been in the works for more than two years.

“I think that was the turning point for me,” explains Karri DiPetrillo, an experimental physicist at the University of Chicago.

For one of her talks, DiPetrillo includes a morbidly humorous time line: The year 2060 is marked with “Karri retires?”

And at 2070—years before the FCC’s proton start—a mordant label reads, “Karri dies???”

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