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Definition of "kanari" []

  • The oil-producing Java almond, Canarium commune. See Canarium. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "kanari" in a sentence
  • "At intervals, old women or young children keep shop, either in nipa huts or on mats under the shade of a kanari-tree."
  • "The sight of this memorial among the kanari trees in the tropical island of Java makes us think of the tablet in the little parish church on the hill at Hendon, near which this woman's husband lies buried."
  • "Governor's palace, face a green _aloon-aloon_, flanked by superb avenues of kanari and tamarind trees."