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Black gum

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Noun
  1. 1
    A tree native to eastern North America, Nyssa sylvatica.

    "Sweet gums and black gums and sourwoods made the woods bright now when oaks and hickories had just begun to look dull and faded."

  2. 2
    a small mallee with rough dark-colored bark toward the butt; yields a red eucalyptus kino gum wordnet
  3. 3
    Certain eucalyptus trees of Australia; Eucalyptus aggregata, of south eastern Australia
  4. 4
    columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall wordnet
  5. 5
    Certain eucalyptus trees of Australia; Eucalyptus ovata, of south eastern Australia
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  1. 6
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, gum.

    "2009, Tricia Telep, The Eternal Kiss, 2010, Large Print Edition, page 67, He grinned, displaying crooked teeth and black gums. Yikes."

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