kauri C2 Topic:Plants & Agriculture US /ˈkaʊɹi/ UK /ˈkaʊri/ See IPA manual Freq #272061 Meanings 1 noun a large Australasian conifer of the genus Agathis, especially the New Zealand tree Agathis australis The largest kauri rose above the surrounding New Zealand forest like a vast column. 2 noun the pale, close-grained timber of a kauri tree The cabinetmaker selected seasoned kauri for the wide boards. 3 noun resin from a kauri tree, collected fresh or dug from the ground and formerly used in varnish and linoleum Workers dug lumps of kauri from ground where an ancient forest had stood. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a large australasian... kauri pine 2 noun · the pale, close-grained... kauri wood 3 noun · resin from a kauri tree,... kauri gumkauri resinkauri copal Word family Related forms Agathiskauri gum Common collocations kauri gum Noun + noun Etymology Borrowed from Māori kauri, the name of the tree, ultimately from a Proto-Polynesian term for a dark-colored tree. Topics Plants & Agriculture External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # kauri **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈkaʊɹi/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkaʊri/ **Frequency rank:** 272061 ## Meanings 1. a large Australasian conifer of the genus Agathis, especially the New Zealand tree Agathis australis 2. the pale, close-grained timber of a kauri tree 3. resin from a kauri tree, collected fresh or dug from the ground and formerly used in varnish and linoleum ## Examples - The largest kauri rose above the surrounding New Zealand forest like a vast column. - The cabinetmaker selected seasoned kauri for the wide boards. - Workers dug lumps of kauri from ground where an ancient forest had stood. ## Synonyms - kauri pine ## Related Forms - Agathis - kauri gum ## Etymology Borrowed from Māori kauri, the name of the tree, ultimately from a Proto-Polynesian term for a dark-colored tree. ## Topics - Plants & Agriculture markdown