Meanings
plural river gums · alternative rivergum
- Any of various eucalypts that grow on riverbanks, especially the river red gum, Eucalyptus camaldulensis.
If you wait under the rivergum where those up-to-no-good Mission-bred kids accidentally hanged Cry-baby Sally, the tip of the dead branch points to where you will see how the serpent's breath fights its way through in a tunnel of wind […].
2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsomewhat crooked red gum tree growing chiefly along rivers; has durable reddish lumber used in heavy construction
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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river gum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/river%20gum
“river gum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/river%20gum. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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