AGATHIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Agathis mean? 

• AGATHIS (noun)
  The noun AGATHIS has 1 sense:

1. kauri pine

  Familiarity information: AGATHIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AGATHIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Kauri pine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Agathis; genus Agathis

Hypernyms ("Agathis" is a kind of...):

gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)

Meronyms (members of "Agathis"):

dammar pine; kauri pine (any of various trees of the genus Agathis; yield dammar resin)

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

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 ("Agathis" is a member of...):

araucaria family; Araucariaceae; family Araucariaceae (tall evergreen cone-bearing trees of South America and Australia with broad leathery leaves; in some classifications included in the Pinaceae)