KAURI GUM

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Meaning:

Resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand; found usually as a fossil; also collected for making varnishes and linoleum

Synonyms:

kauri; kauri copal; kauri gum; kauri resin

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("kauri gum" is a kind of...):

copal (a brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes)

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