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Agathis

noun

kauri pine

• Syn: ↑genus Agathis

• Hypernyms: ↑gymnosperm genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Araucariaceae, ↑family Araucariaceae, ↑araucaria family

• Member Meronyms:

↑kauri pine, ↑dammar pine, ↑kauri, ↑kaury, ↑Agathis australis, ↑dundathu pine, ↑queensland kauri, ↑smooth bark kauri, ↑Agathis robusta, ↑red kauri, ↑Agathis lanceolata

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\\ˈagəthə̇s\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek agathis ball of thread; perhaps akin to Sanskrit gadh- to cling to, hang on to

: a small genus of evergreen timber trees (family Pinaceae) chiefly of Australasia and the Philippines that are distinguished from members of the genus Araucaria by having larger leaves with flat stalks and the seed free from the cone scale and are valued for their wood and fragrant resins

Useful english dictionary. 2012.