Agathis
noun
Ag·a·this
ˈa-gə-thəs
: a small genus of evergreen trees (family Araucariaceae) chiefly of Australasia and the Philippines that are distinguished from members of the genus Araucaria by having larger leaves with flat stalks and the seed free from the cone scale and are valued for their wood and fragrant resins
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin, borrowed from Greek agathís "ball of thread"; so named from the globe-shaped seed cones
First Known Use
1821, in the meaning defined above
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- packed away
- packed in
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- packed like sardines
- packed lunch
- packed off
- packed out
- packed solid
- packed up
- packed up or in
- packed up or off
- packer
- packer hide
- packerae
- packeras
- packers
- packers' can
- packery