English > eucalyptus tree: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | A tree of the genus Eucalyptus. |
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Synonyms | eucalyptus, eucalypt |
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Member of | genus Eucalyptus | tall trees native to the Australian region |
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Narrower | alpine ash, mountain oak, Eucalyptus delegatensis | tall timber tree with hard heavy pinkish or light brown wood |
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blue gum, fever tree, Eucalyptus globulus | tall fast-growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil |
flooded gum | Any of several Australian gum trees growing on moist or alluvial soil |
lemon-scented gum, Eucalyptus citriodora, Eucalyptus maculata citriodora | Similar to but smaller than the spotted gum and having lemon-scented leaves |
mallee | Any of several low-growing Australian eucalypts |
manna gum, Eucalyptus viminalis | tall tree yielding a false manna |
mountain ash, Eucalyptus regnans | Tree having wood similar to the alpine ash |
mountain swamp gum, Eucalyptus camphora | medium-sized swamp gum of New South Wales and Victoria |
red gum, peppermint, peppermint gum, Eucalyptus amygdalina | Red gum tree of Tasmania |
red gum, marri, Eucalyptus calophylla | Very large red gum tree |
river red gum, river gum, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Eucalyptus rostrata | Somewhat crooked red gum tree growing chiefly along rivers |
smoothbark | Any of several Australian eucalypts having the bark smooth except at or near the base of the trunk |
snow gum, ghost gum, white ash, Eucalyptus coriacea, Eucalyptus pauciflora | small to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or strips |
spotted gum, Eucalyptus maculata | large gum tree with mottled bark |
stringybark | Any of several Australian eucalypts having fibrous inner bark |
swamp gum, Eucalypt ovata | medium-sized tree of southern Australia |
white mountain ash, Eucalyptus fraxinoides | large tree with dark compact bark on lower trunk but smooth and white above |
Broader | gum tree, gum | Any of various trees of the genera ... / genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum |
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Substances | eucalyptus | wood of any of various eucalyptus trees valued as timber |
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Spanish | eucalipto, eucaliptus, eucalyptus |
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Catalan | eucaliptus |
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