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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Kauri \Kau"ri\, n.
     (a) Kauri resin.
     (b) By extension, any of various species of Dammara; as,
         the red kauri ({Dammara lanceolata).
         [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Kauri \Ka"u*ri\, n. [Native name.] (Bot.)
     A lofty coniferous tree of New Zealand Agathis, or Dammara,
     australis), furnishing valuable timber and yielding one kind
     of dammar resin. [Written also kaudi, cowdie, and
     cowrie.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Kauri \Kau"ri\, n.
     (a) Kauri resin.
     (b) By extension, any of various species of Dammara; as,
         the red kauri ({D. lanceolata).

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  kauri
       n 1: resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand; found usually as a
            fossil; also collected for making varnishes and linoleum
            [syn: kauri copal, kauri resin, kauri gum]
       2: tall timber tree of New Zealand having white
          straight-grained wood [syn: kaury, Agathis australis]
       3: white close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis
          especially Agathis australis

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  kauri
     n.
     1 A conifer of the genus ''Agathis'', family Araucariaceae, found in
  Australasia and Melanesia.
     2 (lb en New Zealand) (taxlink Agathis australis species), a large
  conifer of the family Araucariaceae.
     3 A resinous product of the kauri tree, found in the form of yellow
  or brown lumps in the ground where the trees have grown. It is used for
  making varnish, and as a substitute for amber.
     n.
     (alt form en cowrie)
     Swahili n.
     1 cowry
     2 porcelain

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Kauri
     German n.
     m cowrie

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  kauri
     n.
     1 A conifer of the genus ''Agathis'', family Araucariaceae, found in
  Australasia and Melanesia.
     2 (lb en New Zealand) (taxlink Agathis australis species), a large
  conifer of the family Araucariaceae.
     3 A resinous product of the kauri tree, found in the form of yellow
  or brown lumps in the ground where the trees have grown. It is used for
  making varnish, and as a substitute for amber.
     n.
     (alt form en cowrie)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  kauri
     n.
     1 A conifer of the genus ''Agathis'', family Araucariaceae, found in
  Australasia and Melanesia.
     2 (lb en New Zealand) (taxlink Agathis australis species), a large
  conifer of the family Araucariaceae.
     3 A resinous product of the kauri tree, found in the form of yellow
  or brown lumps in the ground where the trees have grown. It is used for
  making varnish, and as a substitute for amber.
     n.
     (alt form en cowrie)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Kauri
     German n.
     m cowrie

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  kauri
     n.
     1 A conifer of the genus ''Agathis'', family Araucariaceae, found in
  Australasia and Melanesia.
     2 (lb en New Zealand) (taxlink Agathis australis species), a large
  conifer of the family Araucariaceae.
     3 A resinous product of the kauri tree, found in the form of yellow
  or brown lumps in the ground where the trees have grown. It is used for
  making varnish, and as a substitute for amber.
     n.
     (alt form en cowrie)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Kauri
     German n.
     m cowrie

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  kauri
     n.
     1 (takso: Araucariaceae)-heimon havupuu, josta saadaan lakkaa
     2 kaurit ((takso Agathis *)) suvun kasvi

From Finnish Wiktionary: Finnish language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-fi-2023-07-27 ]

  kauri
     n.
     1 (takso: Araucariaceae)-heimon havupuu, josta saadaan lakkaa
     2 kaurit ((takso Agathis *)) suvun kasvi

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  kauri /kˈɔːɹi/
  1. Yeni Zeland adalarına özgü büyük bir çam türü
  2. bu ağaçtan alınan kereste.

From suomi-English FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fin-eng ]

  kauri /kˈaurɪ/ 
  kauri
  -heimon havupuu, josta saadaan lakkaa

From IPA:sw :   [ IPA:sw ]

  

/kauɾi/

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 一种高大松树

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