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Definition of Agathis australis
1. Noun. Tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood.
Group relationships: Agathis, Genus Agathis
Generic synonyms: Dammar Pine, Kauri Pine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Agathis Australis
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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