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    KAURI PINE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Any of various trees of the genus Agathis; yield dammar resinplay

    Synonyms:

    dammar pine; kauri pine

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    conifer; coniferous tree (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones)

    Meronyms (substance of "kauri pine"):

    kauri (white close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis especially Agathis australis)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "kauri pine"):

    Agathis australis; kauri; kaury (tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood)

    Agathis alba; Agathis dammara; amboina pine; amboyna pine (native to the Moluccas and Philippines; a source of dammar resin)

    Agathis robusta; dundathu pine; queensland kauri; smooth bark kauri (Australian timber tree resembling the kauri but having wood much lighter in weight and softer)

    Agathis lanceolata; red kauri (New Zealand tree with glossy leaves and scaly reddish-brown bark)

    Holonyms ("kauri pine" is a member of...):

    Agathis; genus Agathis (kauri pine)

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