kauri pine

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Noun 1. [画像:kauri pine - any of various trees of the genus Agathis]kauri pine - any of various trees of the genus Agathis; yield dammar resin

dammar pine

Agathis, genus Agathis - kauri pine

kauri - white close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis especially Agathis australis

Agathis australis, kaury, kauri - tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood

Agathis alba, Agathis dammara, amboina pine, amboyna pine - native to the Moluccas and Philippines; a source of dammar resin

Agathis robusta, dundathu pine, queensland kauri, smooth bark kauri - Australian timber tree resembling the kauri but having wood much lighter in weight and softer

Agathis lanceolata, red kauri - New Zealand tree with glossy leaves and scaly reddish-brown bark

conifer, coniferous tree - any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones

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It is said, that by digging in the barest spots, lumps of the kind of resin which flows from the kauri pine are frequently found.

Williams and Davies walked with me to a part of a neighbouring forest, to show me the famous kauri pine. I measured one of the noble trees, and found it thirty-one feet in circumference above the roots.

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The central staircase is a grand affair with richly-coloured kauri pine panelling and ornate balustrade.

Waxing lyrical about wood; Caring for 100-year-old arts and crafts villa has been labour of love for couple