gum tree

noun

A eucalyptus tree, including trees now placed in the genera Angophora and Corymbia.

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Meanings

noungum tree (plural gum trees)

plural gum trees · alternative gum-tree · alternative gumtree

  1. Any of various types of trees in various taxa; an individual of any such type.
    1. A eucalyptus tree, including trees now placed in the genera Angophora and Corymbia.

      Synonyms: gum

    2. Sapium glandulosum, found from northern Argentina to southern Mexico.

      Synonyms: gum

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA eucalyptus tree, including trees now placed in the genera Angophora and Corymbia.

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nounSapium glandulosum, found from northern Argentina to southern Mexico.

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More synonyms by meaning

nounany of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian евкалипт
  • евкалипт (evkalipt)A eucalyptus tree
Dutch gomboom, eucalyptus
  • gomboomA eucalyptus tree
  • eucalyptusA eucalyptus tree
Finnish eukalyptus
  • eukalyptusA eucalyptus tree
Irish crann guma
  • crann gumaA eucalyptus tree
Māori purukamu
  • purukamuA eucalyptus tree
Turkish okaliptüs
  • okaliptüsA eucalyptus tree
Cite this entry
APA

gum tree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gum%20tree

MLA

“gum tree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gum%20tree. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gum tree,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gum%20tree.

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