kaury

kaury
Kauri Ka"u*ri, n. [Native name.] (Bot.) A tall coniferous tree of New Zealand {Agathis australis}, or {Dammara australis}), having white straight-grained wood furnishing valuable timber and also yielding one kind of {dammar resin}. [Written also {kaudi}, {kaury}, {cowdie}, and {cowrie}.] [1913 Webster]

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  • cowdie — Kauri Ka u*ri, n. [Native name.] (Bot.) A tall coniferous tree of New Zealand {Agathis australis}, or {Dammara australis}), having white straight grained wood furnishing valuable timber and also yielding one kind of {dammar resin}. [Written also… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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