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KAURI RESIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does kauri resin mean?
• KAURI RESIN (noun)
The noun KAURI RESIN has 1 sense:
1. resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand; found usually as a fossil; also collected for making varnishes and linoleum
Familiarity information: KAURI RESIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand; found usually as a fossil; also collected for making varnishes and linoleum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
kauri; kauri copal; kauri gum; kauri resin
Hypernyms ("kauri resin" is a kind of...):
copal (a brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes)
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