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Gum tree

noun

Any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum. Synonym: gum.

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"Gum tree" Quotes from Famous Books

... Eucalyptus, n. the gum tree. There are 120 species, as set forth in Baron von Mueller's 'Eucalyptographia, a Descriptive Atlas of the Eucalypts of Australia.' The name was first given in scientific Latin by the French botanist L'Heritier, ...

— A Dictionary of Austral English • Edward Morris

... It was now September, and the fields were full of bright-colored fall flowers, while here and there a sweet-gum tree began to put on autumn tints. The sun was bright, and there was a strong breeze full of piney odors from the forests ...

— What Might Have Been Expected • Frank R. Stockton

... with one of the troopers down the river, where the soil at the roots of a large gum tree had been hollowed out by the water. Underneath it resembled a huge cave. Without saying anything to me, the trooper fired two shots into the cave. I then asked, "What are you firing at?" He replied, "Two ...

— Reminiscences of Queensland - 1862-1869 • William Henry Corfield

Words linked to "Gum tree" : liquidambar, gum, tree, tupelo, eucalyptus tree, eucalyptus, gumwood, tupelo tree, sweet gum tree, eucalypt