HyperDic: black_gum

English > 2 senses of the expression black gum:
NOUNplantblack gum, sour gum, pepperidge, Nyssa sylvaticacolumnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall
plantblack gum, black mallee, black sally, Eucalytus stellulataa small mallee with rough dark-colored bark toward the butt
English > black gum: 2 senses > noun 1, plant
Meaningcolumnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall.
Synonymssour gum, pepperidge, Nyssa sylvatica
Broadertupelo, tupelo treeAny of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America
English > black gum: 2 senses > noun 2, plant
MeaningA small mallee with rough dark-colored bark toward the butt; yields a red eucalyptus kino gum.
Synonymsblack mallee, black sally, Eucalytus stellulata
BroadermalleeAny of several low-growing Australian eucalypts

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