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black gum

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A tree native to eastern North America, Nyssa sylvatica.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: black tupelo, pepperidge, sour gum

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

Certain eucalyptus trees of Australia

Eucalyptus aggregata, of south eastern Australia

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 3

Certain eucalyptus trees of Australia

Eucalyptus ovata, of south eastern Australia

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blue-leaf sally, large-flower swamp gum, Marrawah gum, swamp gum, white gum

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, gum.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 2009, Tricia Telep, The Eternal Kiss, 2010, Large Print Edition, page 67, He grinned, displaying crooked teeth and black gums. Yikes.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a small mallee with rough dark-colored bark toward the butt; yields a red eucalyptus kino gum

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: black mallee, black sally, Eucalytus stellulata

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mallee

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noun

Meaning 6

columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sour gum, pepperidge, Nyssa sylvatica

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tupelo, tupelo tree

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Alabama: chisa — Nyssa sylvatica
  • Finnish: tupelo — Nyssa sylvatica
  • German: Schwarzer Tupelobaum — Nyssa sylvatica