Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA conifer of the genus Agathis, found in Australasia and Melanesia, especially Agathis australis. · The wood of the kauri tree. · A resinous product of the kauri tree, found in the form of yellow or brown lumps in the ground where the trees have grown. It is used for making varnish, and as a substitute for amber.
Borrowed from Māori kauri from Proto-Polynesian *kauquli, from *kau (“tree”) + *quli (“black”), originally referring to Samoan ebony ("Diospyros samoensis").
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