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ˈeucalypt
Anglicized form of eucalyptus.
1877F. von Müller Botanic Teachings i. 7 The vernacular name of Gum-trees for the Eucalypts. 1880T. W. Nutt Melbourne Palace Ind. 11 Stems of the soaring Eucalypts that rise Four hundred friendly feet to glad blue skies. 1885F. von Müller (title), Eucalyptographia: A Descriptive Atlas of the Eucalypts of Australia. 1893D. C. Murray Time's Revenges vii, A forest of eucalypt closed in the band. 1898Queensland Year Bk. 96 Great eucalypts spread their huge arms overhead. 1953A. Upfield Murder must Wait xx. 179 Bark shed by the eucalypt instead of its leaves. 1970Daily Tel. 10 Jan. 8/6 Dense forests of the ubiquitous eucalypt.
attrib. and Comb.1956Nature 3 Mar. 417/1 Sylvicultural research in Cyprus..on eucalypt forests. a1963J. Fountain in B. James Austral. Short Stories (1963) 268 A forest of spindly eucalypt-suckers pressing in darkly from either side. 1965G. McInnes Road to Gundagai iii. 40 Lonely eucalypt-clad valleys. Ibid. x. 172 The eucalypt-scented darkness. |