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noun
Any of several species of trees found in Australia:
Corymbia calophylla (marri), native to Western Australia, with red gum effusions.
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noun
Any of several species of trees found in Australia:
Eucalyptus camaldulensis (Murray red gum, river red gum), a eucalyptus tree with red wood.
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noun
Any of several species of trees found in Australia:
Eucalyptus macrorhyncha (red stringybark, Cannon's stringybark, capertee stringybark)
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noun
Any of several species of trees found in Australia:
Eucalyptus tereticornis (forest red gum), with red wood.
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noun
A tree of the hazel family, of species Liquidambar styraciflua, found in North America.
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noun
Alternative form of red-gum (“strophulus”).
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sweet gum, sweet gum tree, bilsted, American sweet gum, Liquidambar styraciflua
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Broader terms: liquidambar
noun
reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sweet gum, satin walnut, hazelwood
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Broader terms: gumwood, gum
noun
red gum tree of Tasmania
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: peppermint, peppermint gum, Eucalyptus amygdalina
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Broader terms: eucalyptus, eucalypt, eucalyptus tree
noun
very large red gum tree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: marri, Eucalyptus calophylla
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Broader terms: eucalyptus, eucalypt, eucalyptus tree
noun
reddish-brown dried gummy exudation from any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus especially Eucalyptus camaldulensis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: eucalyptus gum, eucalyptus kino
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Broader terms: gum
History
Alteration (due to gum) of earlier red gown, reed gounde, from Middle English redgownd, redgound, radegound, radegund, equivalent to red + gound.
