| 释义 |
kau·ri
noun
also kau·rie or kau·ry or kaw·rie or kaw·ry or cow·rie or kao·ri \ˈkau̇rē\
(plural kauris also kauries)
Etymology: Maori kawri
1. or kauri pine : a tree of the genus Agathis; especially : a tall timber tree (A. australis) of New Zealand having fine white straight-grained wood
2. : the wood of the kauri tree
3. or kauri resin or kauri gum or kauri copal : a light-colored to brown copal from the kauri tree found usually as a fossil in the ground but also collected by tapping living trees and used chiefly in making varnishes and linoleum |