gumnut
/ˈɡʌmnʌt
/noun Australian
The woody seed case of a eucalyptus tree: pressing the gumnuts and pine cones into clay kept the kids busy for quite some time...
- The rustic Australian look combines grassy golds, eucalyptus greens, gumnut browns and kangaroo greys.
- Her boy had got a gumnut caught in his bellybutton.
- We had noticed that the gumnuts have an interesting star-shaped pattern in their centre.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from gum1 + nut.