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red gum ¹

n.

Any of several Australian evergreen trees of the genus Eucalyptus, especially E. camaldulensis or E. calophylla, having lance-shaped, aromatic leaves.

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red gum ²

n.

See strophulus.

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red gum

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several Australian myrtaceous trees of the genus Eucalyptus, esp E. camaldulensis, which has reddish wood See also blue gum

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) the hard red wood from this tree, used for making railway sleepers, posts, etc.

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for sweet gum

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	red gum - reddish-brown dried gummy exudation from any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus especially Eucalyptus camaldulensis eucalyptus gum, eucalyptus kino Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Eucalyptus rostrata, river gum, river red gum - somewhat crooked red gum tree growing chiefly along rivers; has durable reddish lumber used in heavy construction gum - any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying
	2.	red gum - very large red gum tree Eucalyptus calophylla, marri eucalypt, eucalyptus tree, eucalyptus - a tree of the genus Eucalyptus
	3.	red gum - red gum tree of Tasmania Eucalyptus amygdalina, peppermint gum, peppermint eucalypt, eucalyptus tree, eucalyptus - a tree of the genus Eucalyptus
	4.	red gum - reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture hazelwood, satin walnut, sweet gum gumwood, gum - wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum
	5.	red gum - a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap American sweet gum, bilsted, Liquidambar styraciflua, sweet gum tree, sweet gum genus Liquidambar, Liquidambar - sweet gum liquidambar - any tree of the genus Liquidambar liquidambar, sweet gum - aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree