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Definition of Kauri pine
1. Noun. Any of various trees of the genus Agathis; yield dammar resin.
Group relationships: Agathis, Genus Agathis
Terms within: Kauri
Specialized synonyms: Agathis Australis, Kauri, Kaury, Agathis Alba, Agathis Dammara, Amboina Pine, Amboyna Pine, Agathis Robusta, Dundathu Pine, Queensland Kauri, Smooth Bark Kauri, Agathis Lanceolata, Red Kauri
Generic synonyms: Conifer, Coniferous Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kauri Pine
Literary usage of Kauri pine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"A fossil found on Martha's Vineyard has been quite positively identified as that
of a kauri pine tree. This species is universally noted for a resin that ..."
2. The Boy Travellers in Australasia: Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to by Thomas Wallace Knox (1889)
"The youths were anxious to see the famous kauri pine (Damara Australia), which
is confined wholly to Auckland, and is the most renowned of New Zealand trees ..."
3. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1854)
"The kauri pine bore a weight of Icwt. £qr. and 15 Ib. before it broke, and the
Riga pine only 1 cwt. 2qr. and lib.; but the kauri pine weighed lib. ..."
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