noun
also kau·rie or kau·ry or kaw·rie or kaw·ry or cow·rie or kao·ri ˈkau̇rē
( plural kauris also kauries )
Etymology: Maori kawri
1. or kauri pine : a tree of the genus Agathis ; especially : a tall timber tree ( A. australis ) of New Zealand having fine white straight-grained wood
2. : the wood of the kauri tree
3. or kauri resin or kauri gum or kauri copal : a light-colored to brown copal from the kauri tree found usually as a fossil in the ground but also collected by tapping living trees and used chiefly in making varnishes and linoleum