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单词 white gum
释义

white gum


noun

any of various Australian eucalyptuses having a whitish bark.

Origin of white gum

An Americanism dating back to 1735–45

Words nearby white gum

white gold, white goods, white gourd, white-ground, white guilt, white gum, white-haired, white-haired boy, white hake, Whitehall, white-handed gibbon
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Example sentences from the Web for white gum

  • But we crossed four good sized dry creeks, lined with drooping tea-trees and white-gum trees.

    Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia|Ludwig Leichhardt
  • From this the river was followed down for thirteen miles, through grassy clay plains, thinly timbered with white-gum.

    Journals of Australian Explorations|A C and F T Gregory
  • The flats were well grassed, and lightly timbered with box and white-gum.

    Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia|Ludwig Leichhardt

British Dictionary definitions for white gum

white gum

noun

any of various Australian eucalyptus trees with whitish bark
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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