kauri resin


noun

a hard resin obtained from the bark of the kauri or found, sometimes in masses of as much as 100 pounds (45 kg), in the soil where the tree has grown: used chiefly in making varnish.
Also kauri, kauri gum, kauri copal.

Origin of kauri resin

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby kauri resin

British Dictionary definitions for kauri gum

kauri gum

noun

a hard resin from the kauri tree, found usually as a fossil in the soil where an extinct tree once grew: used chiefly in making varnishes