Ka·u·ri n. 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.]
Agathis australis
n : tall timber tree of New Zealand having white
straight-grained wood [syn: kauri, kaury]