Definition of Agathis australis

1. Noun. Tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood.

Exact synonyms: Kauri, Kaury
Group relationships: Agathis, Genus Agathis
Generic synonyms: Dammar Pine, Kauri Pine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Agathis Australis

Agaricaceae
Agaricus arvensis
Agaricus campestris
Agartala
Agas
Agastache
Agastache foeniculum
Agastache mexicana
Agastache nepetoides
Agastya
Agatha
Agatha Christie
Agathis
Agathis alba
Agathis australis (current term)
Agathis dammara
Agathis lanceolata
Agathis robusta
Agavaceae
Agave americana
Agave atrovirens
Agave cantala
Agave sisalana
Agave tequilana
Agdestis
Agdistis
Age of Enlightenment
Age of Fishes
Age of Mammals

Literary usage of Agathis australis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Veitch's Manual of the Coniferae: Containing a General Review of the Order by Adolphus Henry Kent (1900)
"Agathis australis. Л lofty tree with a straight trunk 80—100 or more feet high, ... Agathis australis at the present time has but a limited range in New ..."

2. Official Guide to the Museums of Economic Botany by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1893)
"15), a large plank of KAURI PINE (Agathis australis, Steud., syn. Dammara australis, Lamb.) It measures 15 feet 3 inches long, and is -1 feet 8 inches wide. ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"... lion acerifolia); Sydney, the Port Jackson Fig (Ficus rubiginosa); New Zealand, the Kauri (Agathis australis); South Africa, the Cape Chestnut ..."

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