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KAURI GUM

\kˈɔːɹi ɡˈʌm], \kˈɔːɹi ɡˈʌm], \k_ˈɔː_ɹ_i ɡ_ˈʌ_m]\

Definitions of KAURI GUM

2006 - WordNet 3.0
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand; found usually as a fossil; also collected for making varnishes and linoleum

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

See Kauri copal.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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