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eucalyptus

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˌjuː.kəˈlɪp.təs/
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  • rhymes with -ɪptəs
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of many trees, of genus Eucalyptus, native mainly to Australia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gum tree, eucalypt

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any tree of the tribe Eucalypteae, especially of the genera Corymbia and Angophora formerly classified in the Eucalyptus genus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A greenish colour, like that of eucalyptus leaves.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a tree of the genus Eucalyptus

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: eucalypt, eucalyptus tree

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: gum tree, gum

Narrower terms: flooded gum, mallee, stringybark, smoothbark, red gum, peppermint, peppermint gum, Eucalyptus amygdalina, marri, Eucalyptus calophylla, river red gum, river gum, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Eucalyptus rostrata, mountain swamp gum, Eucalyptus camphora, snow gum, ghost gum, white ash, Eucalyptus coriacea, Eucalyptus pauciflora, alpine ash, mountain oak, Eucalyptus delegatensis, white mountain ash, Eucalyptus fraxinoides, blue gum, fever tree, Eucalyptus globulus, swamp gum, Eucalypt ovata, spotted gum, Eucalyptus maculata, lemon-scented gum, Eucalyptus citriodora, Eucalyptus maculata citriodora, mountain ash, Eucalyptus regnans, manna gum, Eucalyptus viminalis

5

noun

Meaning 5

wood of any of various eucalyptus trees valued as timber

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wood

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1wes- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h1wésus? Proto-Indo-European *h1es-? Proto-Indo-European *h1su- Proto-Hellenic *ehu- Ancient Greek ἐΰς (eǘs) Ancient Greek εὖ (eû) Ancient Greek εὐ- (eu-) Ancient Greek καλύπτω (kalúptō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek καλυπτός (kaluptós) taxonomic name Eucalyptuslbor. French eucalyptusbor. English eucalyptus Borrowed from French eucalyptus.

Across languages

Translations

101 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: аевкали́пт (ajevkʼalípʼtʼ) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Afrikaans: bloekom — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Amharic: ባህር ዛፍ (bahr zaf) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Arabic: أُوكَالِبْتُوس (ʔūkālibtūs) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Arabic: يُوكَالِيبْتُوس (yūkālībtūs) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Armenian: եվկալիպտ (evkalipt) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Asturian: eucalitu — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Asturian: eucaliptus — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Azerbaijani: evkalipt — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Bashkir: эвкалипт (evkalipt) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Belarusian: эўкалі́пт (ewkalípt) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Bengali: ইউক্যালিপটাস (iukkalipoṭaś) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Bulgarian: евкали́пт (evkalípt) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Burmese: ယူကလစ်တပ်ပင် (yuka.lactappang) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Catalan: eucaliptus — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Chinese Cantonese: 桉樹 /桉树 (on1 syu6) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 桉樹 /桉树 (ānshù) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Chuvash: эвкалипт (evkalipt) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Czech: blahovičník — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Czech: eukalyptus — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Danish: eukalyptus — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Dutch: eucalyptus — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Esperanto: eŭkalipto — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Estonian: eukalüpt — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Finnish: eukalyptus — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • French: eucalyptus — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • French: eucalypte — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Galician: eucalipto — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Georgian: ევკალიპტი (evḳaliṗṭi) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • German: Eukalyptus — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Greek: ευκάλυπτος (efkályptos) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Gujarati: નીલગિરી (nīlgirī) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Hebrew: אֵקָלִיפְּטוּס (ekaliptus) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Hindi: नीलगिरी (nīlgirī) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Hungarian: eukaliptusz — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Icelandic: tröllatré — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Icelandic: ilmviður — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Ido: eukalipto — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Indonesian: eukaliptus — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Irish: eocalaip — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Italian: eucalipto — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Italian: eucalitto — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Japanese: ユーカリ (yūkari) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Kannada: ನೀಲಗಿರಿ (nīlagiri) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Kazakh: эвкалипт (évkalipt) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Khmer: ដើមប្រេងខ្យល់ (daəm preeng khyɑl) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Komi-Zyrian: эвкалипт (evkaľipt) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Korean: 유칼리나무 (yukallinamu) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Kumyk: эвкалипт (ewkalipt) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Central Kurdish: قەڵەمتۆس (qellemtos) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Northern Kurdish: okalîptûs — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Kyrgyz: эвкалипт (evkalipt) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Lao: ວິກ (vik) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Latin: eucalyptus — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Latvian: eikalipti — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Lithuanian: eukaliptas — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Macedonian: еукалиптус (eukaliptus) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Malayalam: യൂക്കാലിപ്റ്റസ് (yūkkālipṟṟasŭ) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Māori: purukamu — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Marathi: निलगिरी (nilgirī) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Western Mari: эвкалипт (evkaĺipt) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Navajo: akʼah sisíʼí tsin — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: eukalyptus — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: eukalyptus — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Occitan: eucaliptus — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Ossetian: эвкалипт (èvkalipt) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Persian: اکالیپتوس — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Polish: eukaliptus — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Portuguese: eucalipto — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Quechua: kalistu — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Romanian: eucalipt — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Russian: эвкали́пт (evkalípt) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Sardinian: equalitu — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Sardinian: eucalitu — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Serbo-Croatian: еукалѝптус — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Serbo-Croatian: eukalìptus — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Sicilian: eucaliptu — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Sicilian: eucalittu — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Slovak: eukalyptus — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Slovak: blahovičník — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Slovene: evkalipt — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Lower Sorbian: eukalyptus — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Upper Sorbian: eukalyptowc — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Spanish: eucalipto — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Swahili: mkalitusi — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Swedish: eukalyptus — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Swedish: gummiträd — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Tagalog: eukaliptus — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Tajik: эвкалипт (evkalipt) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Tatar: эвкалипт (evqälipt) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Telugu: యూకలిప్టస్ (yūkalipṭas) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Thai: ยูคาลิปตัส (yoo-kaa-líp-dtàt) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Tongan: pulukamu — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Turkish: okaliptüs — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Turkmen: ewkalipt — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Ukrainian: евкалі́пт (evkalípt) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Uzbek: эвкалипт (evkalipt) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Uzbek: evkalipt — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Vietnamese: bạch đàn — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Welsh: ewcalyptws — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
  • Yakut: эвкалипт (evkalipt) — any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
Real reading context

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