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bee gum in American English US 1. Chiefly South a hollow gum tree or log used as a hive by bees 2. a beehive, esp. one made from such a tree bee gum in American Englishnoun (in Southern and South Midland US dialect)1. a gum tree, hollowed esp. by decay, in which bees live or from which hives are made Word origin [1810–20, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1810–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: dominance, keyboard, knockout, triangulation, zombie |