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kauri

[ kou-ree ]

noun

, plural kau·ris.
  1. Also kauri pine. a tall, coniferous tree, Agathis australis, of New Zealand, yielding a valuable timber and a resin.
  2. the wood of this tree.
  3. any of various other trees of the genus Agathis.


kauri

/ ˈkaʊrɪ /

noun

  1. a New Zealand coniferous tree, Agathis australis, with oval leaves and round cones: family Araucariaceae
  2. the wood or resin of this tree
“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 kauri1

Borrowed into English from Maori around 1815–25
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Word History and Origins

Origin of kauri1

C19: Māori
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Example Sentences

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.

From Time

The country’s swampy bogs preserve the relics of kauri trees dating as far back as the Laschamps excursion.

Named after the Maori forest god, the largest living kauri has stretched to 167 feet in height in its 1200-plus years.

He could not find an individual so enterprising as to venture to deal in a cargo of Kauri gum after his fashion.

The sides were made out of one wide plank of Kauri pine without a join.

As she was to call at New Zealand to get some kauri spars, five Maoris went with her, working their passage over.

The British slept that night without tents round fires of kauri gum, but next morning all was astir for the attack.

Besides flax, it was found that New Zealand produced most excellent timber--the kauri pine.

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