The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Kauri \Ka"u*ri\, n. [Native name.] (Bot.)
   A tall coniferous tree of New Zealand Agathis australis, or
   Dammara australis), having white straight-grained wood
   furnishing valuable timber and also yielding one kind of
   dammar resin. [Written also kaudi, kaury, cowdie, and
   cowrie.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cowdie \Cow"die\ (kou"d[y^]), n. (Bot.)
   See Kauri.
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