white gum

noun

Any of numerous Eucalyptus species having smooth white bark.

First used 18th c.
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Meanings

nounwhite gum (plural white gums)

plural white gums

  1. Any of numerous Eucalyptus species having smooth white bark.First known use 18th c.

    He nodded at a slope once covered in white gums, a folk memory returning.

    2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 151

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
black gum
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APA

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Chicago

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