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Red gum

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several species of trees found in Australia:; Corymbia calophylla (marri), native to Western Australia, with red gum effusions.
  2. 2
    Alternative form of red-gum (“strophulus”). alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap wordnet
  4. 4
    Any of several species of trees found in Australia:; Eucalyptus camaldulensis (Murray red gum, river red gum), a eucalyptus tree with red wood.
  5. 5
    reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture wordnet
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  1. 6
    Any of several species of trees found in Australia:; Eucalyptus macrorhyncha (red stringybark, Cannon's stringybark, capertee stringybark)
  2. 7
    red gum tree of Tasmania wordnet
  3. 8
    Any of several species of trees found in Australia:; Eucalyptus tereticornis (forest red gum), with red wood.
  4. 9
    very large red gum tree wordnet
  5. 10
    A tree of the hazel family, of species Liquidambar styraciflua, found in North America.
  6. 11
    reddish-brown dried gummy exudation from any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus especially Eucalyptus camaldulensis wordnet

Etymology

Alteration (due to gum) of earlier red gown, reed gounde, from Middle English redgownd, redgound, radegound, radegund, equivalent to red + gound.

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