Meanings
red gum1
plural red gums
- Any of several species of trees found in Australia:
- Corymbia calophylla (marri), native to Western Australia, with red gum effusions.
- Eucalyptus camaldulensis (Murray red gum, river red gum), a eucalyptus tree with red wood.
Synonyms: river red gum
- Eucalyptus macrorhyncha (red stringybark, Cannon's stringybark, capertee stringybark)
- Eucalyptus tereticornis (forest red gum), with red wood.
- A tree of the hazel family, of species Liquidambar styraciflua, found in North America.
Synonyms: sweet gum, sweet gum-tree
red gum2
- alternativeAlternative form of red-gum (“strophulus”).
Synonyms & antonyms
nounEucalyptus camaldulensis (Murray red gum, river red gum), a eucalyptus tree with red wood.
nounA tree of the hazel family, of species Liquidambar styraciflua, found in North America.
More synonyms by meaning
nounreddish-brown dried gummy exudation from any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus especially Eucalyptus camaldulensis
nounred gum tree of Tasmania
nounreddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture
nouna North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishredgownd
- Englishred gum
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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