Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
gum tree \gum" tree`\ n. Any tree that exudes a gum, such as:
The black gum ( Nyssa multiflora), one of the largest trees of the Southern States, bearing a small blue fruit, the favorite food of the opossum. Most of the large trees become hollow.
A tree of the genus Eucalyptus; a eucalypt. See Eucalpytus.
The sweet gum tree of the United States ( Liquidambar styraciflua), a large and beautiful tree with pointedly lobed leaves and woody burlike fruit. It exudes an aromatic terebinthine juice.
The sour gum tree.
Wiktionary
alt. A eucalyptus tree. n. A eucalyptus tree.
WordNet
n. any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum [syn: gum]
Wikipedia
Gum tree is a common name for smooth-barked trees and shrubs in three closely related genera of Eucalypt:
- Eucalyptus, which includes the majority of species of gum trees.
- Corymbia, which includes the Ghost gums and Spotted gums.
- Angophora, which includes the Sydney red gum.
Usage examples of "gum tree".
In about fifteen days it thickens in the furrow down which it runs, hardening on exposure to the air, usually in the form of round or oval tears, about the size of a pigeon's egg, but sometimes in vermicular forms, white or red, according to whether the species is a white or red gum tree.
Remember when he took me out that first time and went crook when I didn't know the name of a gum tree?
The parrots will eat wattle and gum tree seeds, while the finches will enjoy the seed heads of native grasses.
She threw it at the trunk of the gum tree, but it returned to her hand before striking the tree.
It doesn't matter how low down the gum tree you happen to be, there's always someone who'd like to climb higher, who'll stand on your head to do it.
I lay back on the grass and looked up at the sky, leaf-dappled through the branches of the gum tree.