[ noun ] tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood <noun.plant>
kaury \kaury\ n. Same as {kauri}.
Syn: kauri, {Agathis australis}. [WordNet 1.5]
Kauri \Ka"u*ri\, n. [Native name.] (Bot.) A tall coniferous tree of New Zealand {Agathis australis}, or {Dammara australis}), having white straight-grained wood furnishing valuable timber and also yielding one kind of {dammar resin}. [Written also {kaudi}, {kaury}, {cowdie}, and {cowrie}.]