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Gum tree   /gəm tri/   Listen
Gum tree

noun
1.
Any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum.  Synonym: gum.



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"Gum tree" Quotes from Famous Books



... dark soil, of great depth, bespoke uncommon fertility; while the varieties of the gum tree—then quite new to him—with their bark of every diversity of colour, gave a primeval grandeur to ...
— A Love Story • A Bushman

... and his son pitched their camp beneath a gum tree upon the edge of the wood. It was October, and the gum was the colour of blood. Behind it rolled the autumn forest; before it stretched a level of broom-sedge, bright ochre in the light of the setting sun. The road ran across this golden plain, and disappeared in a league-deep ...
— Lewis Rand • Mary Johnston

... the native land of this magnificent tree we have been reading about,' said Harry, 'the blue gum tree. Do, Mr. Norton, write and tell us all you ...
— Aunt Mary • Mrs. Perring



Words linked to "Gum tree" :   eucalypt, tupelo tree, liquidambar, gumwood, sweet gum tree, eucalyptus tree, eucalyptus, tupelo, tree



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