smooth bark kauri
- noun
- Australian
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kauri de corteza lisa
- The smooth bark kauri is prized for woodworking because of its light and soft wood.
Examples
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Unlike the New Zealand kauri, the smooth bark kauri has a distinctive pale trunk and softer wood.
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Many Australian forests are home to the smooth bark kauri, an important species for local timber industries.
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The smooth bark kauri is known for its lightweight wood.
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Many builders prefer smooth bark kauris for their projects.
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Many Australian forests are home to the smooth bark kauri, an important species for local timber industries.
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The smooth bark kauri is prized for woodworking because of its light and soft wood.
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Unlike the New Zealand kauri, the smooth bark kauri has a distinctive pale trunk and softer wood.
Synonyms
An Australian tree with lighter, softer wood often used for furniture
An Australian tree with light soft wood used for making furniture
A large Australian tree with soft light wood used for furniture and building
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase straightforwardly composes known words: 'smooth' describes the quality of the 'bark' and 'kauri' names the tree, so a learner who knows all constituents can infer 'a kauri tree with smooth bark' or 'a kauri with smooth-barked timber.' This adjectival + noun composition is regular and cross-linguistically common, making the meaning directly derivable from the parts.
Etymology
Smooth bark kauri is a name that describes the tree: smooth and bark tell you it has a very even, pale trunk, and kauri shows it looks like the kauri tree. So the name gives an easy picture, a kauri-like tree with a smooth trunk and light, soft wood used for 'timber'.
