red kauri

red kauri
noun
New Zealand tree with glossy leaves and scaly reddish-brown bark
Syn: ↑Agathis lanceolata
Hypernyms: ↑kauri pine, ↑dammar pine
Member Holonyms: ↑Agathis, ↑genus Agathis

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noun
1. : kauri 1
2. : a tree (Agathis lanceolata) of New Zealand having glossy leaves and scaly reddish brown bark

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