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kauri

kau.ri \'kau.(*)r-e-\ n [Maori kawri] 1: any of various trees (genus 
   Agathis) of the pine family; esp  : a tall timber tree (A. australis) of 
   New Zealand having fine white straight-grained wood 2: a light-colored to 
   brown resin from the kauri tree found as a fossil in  the ground or 
   collected from living trees and used esp. in varnishes and linoleum