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Definition of kauri in English: kauri(also kauri pine) nounPlural kauris ˈkaʊriˈkourē A tall coniferous forest tree with broad leathery leaves, which produces valuable timber and dammar resin. It grows in warm countries from Malaysia to New Zealand. Genus Agathis, family Araucariaceae: several species, in particular A. australis of New Zealand Example sentencesExamples - Several women incorporate woven grasses and native timber such as totara and kauri, and use these media to interpret their particular geography and history.
- The first Labour government, which presided over our centennial celebrations, saw the planting of many a kauri or pohutukawa.
- In the 21st century, thousands of people still come for the kauri, but they are sightseers, not hard-working foresters and settlers.
- The Catholic Church of St Patrick was built of totara, black pine and kauri in 1864 after two earlier buildings had been destroyed, the first by fire and the second by a violent storm.
- Timbers - jarrah, kauri, macrocarpa - were hand adzed to ‘give them a woody character, and the forest origin of the timber is not lost.’
Origin Early 19th century: from Maori. Definition of kauri in US English: kauri(also kauri pine) nounˈkourē A tall coniferous forest tree that has broad leathery leaves and produces valuable timber and dammar resin. It grows in warm countries from Malaysia to New Zealand. Genus Agathis, family Araucariaceae: several species, in particular A. australis of New Zealand Example sentencesExamples - Several women incorporate woven grasses and native timber such as totara and kauri, and use these media to interpret their particular geography and history.
- In the 21st century, thousands of people still come for the kauri, but they are sightseers, not hard-working foresters and settlers.
- Timbers - jarrah, kauri, macrocarpa - were hand adzed to ‘give them a woody character, and the forest origin of the timber is not lost.’
- The Catholic Church of St Patrick was built of totara, black pine and kauri in 1864 after two earlier buildings had been destroyed, the first by fire and the second by a violent storm.
- The first Labour government, which presided over our centennial celebrations, saw the planting of many a kauri or pohutukawa.
Origin Early 19th century: from Maori. |