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gum tree
(encz) | gum tree,eukalyptus n: [bot.] Petr Bošek |
gum tree
(gcide) | gum tree \gum" tree`\ n.
Any tree that exudes a gum, such as:
(a) The black gum (Nyssa multiflora), one of the largest
trees of the Southern States, bearing a small blue fruit,
the favorite food of the opossum. Most of the large trees
become hollow.
(b) A tree of the genus Eucalyptus; a eucalypt. See
Eucalpytus.
(c) The sweet gum tree of the United States ({Liquidambar
styraciflua}), a large and beautiful tree with pointedly
lobed leaves and woody burlike fruit. It exudes an
aromatic terebinthine juice.
(d) The sour gum tree.
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gum tree
(wn) | gum tree
n 1: any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or
Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum [syn: {gum
tree}, gum] |
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sweet gum tree
(encz) | sweet gum tree, n: |
gum trees
(gcide) | Eucalyptus \Eu`ca*lyp"tus\, n. [NL., from Gr. e'y^ well, good +
? covered. The buds of Eucalyptus have a hemispherical or
conical covering, which falls off at anthesis.] (Bot.)
A myrtaceous genus of trees, mostly Australian. Many of them
grow to an immense height, one or two species exceeding the
height even of the California Sequoia.
Syn: eucalyptus tree, gum tree, eucalypt. [1913 Webster]
Note: They have rigid, entire leaves with one edge turned
toward the zenith. Most of them secrete resinous gums,
whence they called gum trees, and their timber is of
great value. Eucalyptus Globulus is the blue gum; {E.
gigantea}, the stringy bark: E. amygdalina, the
peppermint tree. E. Gunnii, the Tasmanian cider tree,
yields a refreshing drink from wounds made in the bark
in the spring. Other species yield oils, tars, acids,
dyes and tans. It is said that miasmatic valleys in
Algeria and Portugal, and a part of the unhealthy Roman
Campagna, have been made more salubrious by planting
groves of these trees.
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sweet gum tree
(wn) | sweet gum tree
n 1: a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having
prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap [syn:
sweet gum, sweet gum tree, bilsted, red gum,
American sweet gum, Liquidambar styraciflua] |
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