apple box
noun
(More fully apple box tree) any of several Australian eucalypts (genus Eucalyptus), especially E. bridgesiana, which are thought to resemble the apple tree in some way.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in The Melbourne Argus.
- needless to say
- needle-stick
- needlestone
- needletail
- needle-tailed swift
- needle threader
- needle time
- needle-tin
- needle-tin ore
- needle track
- needle-tree
- needle valve
- turn the other cheek
- turn the scales
- turn the tables
- turn the tide
- turn to ashes in one's mouth
- turn traitor
- turn turtle
- turn up
- turn up one's nose at
- turn up one's toes
- Turow, Scott
- Turpan
- Turpan Depression