kauri

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Crozet calls the kauri trees cedars, and is full of praises of their size and quality.

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  1. noun Any of several coniferous evergreen trees of the genus Agathis, especially A. australis of New Zealand, having broad leathery leaves.
  2. noun The white close-grained wood of one of these trees.
  3. noun A resinous copal or a fossilized resin of these trees, used in varnishes and enamels.

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  • I thought it was a cool job then, I think it is a cool job now. fire towers, many of which in Western Australia are carved directly into giant kauri trees. —  MetaFilter
  • Having said all that, the Tiri was solid (three skins of two-inch heart kauri) and our guys were no saints.
  • They range from magnificent towering kauri trees to tiny flowers that form tightly packed mounds called vegetable sheep. —  American Scientist Online
  • The original kauri pine floor boards where repolished to near-original condition. —  Apartment Therapy Main
  • • A new national park in Northland's Waipoua and surrounding kauri forests and look at a new park on the public lands of the Waitakere Ranges. —  Grist - the Latest from Grist
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