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Red gum

noun

Reddish-brown dried gummy exudation from any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus especially Eucalyptus camaldulensis. Synonyms: eucalyptus gum, eucalyptus kino.

Very large red gum tree. Synonyms: Eucalyptus calophylla, marri.

Red gum tree of Tasmania. Synonyms: Eucalyptus amygdalina, peppermint, peppermint gum.

Reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture. Synonyms: hazelwood, satin walnut, sweet gum.

A North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap. Synonyms: American sweet gum, bilsted, Liquidambar styraciflua, sweet gum, sweet gum tree.

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"Red gum" Quotes from Famous Books

... Australian bush can hardly be painted in words. Here extends mile after mile of primeval forest where perhaps foot of white man has never trod—interminable vistas where the eucalyptus trees rear their lofty trunks and spread forth their lanky limbs, from which the red gum oozes and hangs in fantastic pendants like crimson stalactites; ravines along the sides of which the long-bladed grass grows rankly; level untimbered plains alternating with undulating tracts of pasture, here and there broken by a stony ridge, steep gully, or dried-up creek. All wild, ...

— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain

... linden ("lime"), catalpa, ash, horse-chestnut ("buckeye"), poplar, and willow are most common in ordinary temperate latitudes, both in Europe and America. In warmer latitudes the Australian eucalyptus ("red gum" and "blue gum"), magnolia, palmetto, laurel, arbutus, and tulip are common. The local trade in ornamental trees is very heavy; the trade is local for the reason that the transportation of them ...

— Commercial Geography - A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges • Jacques W. Redway

Words linked to "Red gum" : river gum, eucalyptus tree, eucalypt, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, genus Liquidambar, hazelwood, gum, eucalyptus, Eucalyptus rostrata, gumwood, liquidambar, marri