kauri

Meanings

1. 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. 2
   noun

   the pale, close-grained timber of a kauri tree

   The cabinetmaker selected seasoned kauri for the wide boards.

3. 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.

Borrowed from Māori kauri, the name of the tree, ultimately from a Proto-Polynesian term for a dark-colored tree.

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