1. Tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood
   "kauri trees can grow to massive sizes and live for over 1000 years";
   - kaury, Agathis australis
    
2. White close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis especially Agathis australis
   "Kauri wood is highly valued in New Zealand for its strength and beauty"
    
3. Resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand; found usually as a fossil; also collected for making varnishes and linoleum
   "Ancient kauri gum has been used to create beautiful jewellery";
   - kauri copal, kauri resin, kauri gum

Sounds like: cowrie, cowry, kaury

Derived forms: kauris

Type of: copal, dammar pine, kauri pine, wood

Part of: Agathis, dammar pine, genus Agathis, kauri pine

Encyclopedia: Kauri, New Zealand