Definition of kauri
1
:any of various trees (genus Agathis) of the araucaria family;
especially
:a tall timber tree (A. australis) of New Zealand having fine white straight-grained wood — called also
kauri pine
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 especially in varnishes and linoleum — called also
kauri gum, kauri resin
