gum-tip

noun

The young outer leaves of a gum tree.

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Meanings

noungum-tip (plural gum-tips)

plural gum-tips

  1. AustraliaThe young outer leaves of a gum tree.

    Now, if you went down into the forest where the spring gum-tips gleam gold and ruby in whatever sunshine, Heaven thinks fit to apportion at this season to residents of the Dandenongs (who surely were all born Aquarians) what sign of the Zodiac would you expect to meet?

    1947 November 14, Mountain District Free Press and Frentree Gully News, Tecoma, Vic., page 8, column 2
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APA

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“gum-tip.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gum-tip. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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