†(a) the hard, yellowish wood of box (Buxus sempervirens) (obsolete); the plant itself (obsolete rare); (b) Australian any of several eucalyptus…

Any tree that exudes gum: spec. (a) any tree of the genus eucalyptus, n.; (b) various species of the North American genus Nyssa; (c) the sweet gu…

(a) a whipstock, or a pliant stick used as a whip; (b) applied in Australia to a dwarf species of Eucalyptus.

Chiefly Australian. Any of various eucalypts with leaves that yield an aromatic essential oil resembling that of peppermint (sense A. 1); esp. one…

Any of several Australian eucalyptus trees that produce a red gum or have red heartwood; esp. (also river red gum tree) E. camaldulensis. Cf. red gum…

(a) a light-coloured variety of tropical American mahogany (the wood of trees of the genus Swietenia); (b) Australian any of several eucalypts…

Chiefly Australian. Any of various Australian gum trees having whitish bark or wood; (also) the wood of such a tree. Frequently with distinguishing…

Chiefly with distinguishing word. Any of various other trees or shrubs thought to resemble the common box (sense 1) in some way, esp. in having very…

More fully blue gum tree. Any of several eucalypts with blue-grey leaves; esp. Eucalyptus globulus of south-eastern Australia and Tasmania.

A genus of plants of the family Myrtaceæ; the gum tree of Australia and the neighbouring islands; an individual tree of this kind.

Australian. Any of several eucalyptus trees, typically with hard close-grained wood. Cf. box, n.1 3.

= blackbutt, n.

Australian. Any of various eucalypts which exude a viscous blood-red gum when cut; esp. (more fully red bloodwood) Eucalyptus gummifera of eastern…

Chiefly Australian. Any of various other trees thought to resemble the white ash, or producing similar timber, esp. Eucalyptus fraxinoides (family…

Any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus with characteristic grey furrowed bark on the lower trunk; esp. E. pilularis of eastern Australia, an…

Any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus (family Myrtaceae) of south-western Australia, esp. the rough-barked trees E. longicornis, which has…

Australian. Any of various trees, chiefly eucalypts; esp. Eucalyptus regnans, which is the tallest non-coniferous tree. Also: the wood of any of…

More fully mallee scrub. A vegetation community consisting of dense scrub dominated by low-growing bushy eucalypts, characteristic of semi-desert…

any of various trees of either of the related genera Eucalyptus and Angophora, thought to resemble the apple tree in some way; cf. apple box n.

any of several eucalypts growing in damp soil.

In the names of trees first found in the district of Moreton Bay, Queensland. a eucalypt with tessellated bark, Eucalyptus tessellaris, of…

Any of various low-growing eucalypts, esp. Eucalyptus dumosa, E. oleosa, and E. socialis, which have a number of spreading stems arising from an…

various species of Eucalyptus, of Australia and Tasmania.

any of various eucalyptus trees typically having hard close-grained wood similar to that of a box of the genus Buxus; cf. sense 3.

any of several eucalypts which exude manna, esp. Eucalyptus viminalis; in full manna-gum tree.

Any of several eucalyptus trees, esp. the blackbutt, Eucalyptus pilularis, the bark of which peels from the upper trunk, leaving a whitish surface.

any of several eucalypts occurring on riverbanks; esp. the red gum, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, widespread across Australia; cf. red gum, n.2 3.

any of various Australian eucalyptus trees with greyish bark.

an Australian name for species of Eucalyptus, esp. E. longifolia.

Any of several small eucalypts of south-western Australia similar to mallees.

More fully Australian fever tree. Any of various eucalyptus trees, esp. the blue gum Eucalyptus globulus. Now historical and rare.

any of several eucalyptus trees belonging to the ironbark group, having dense, dark red wood, esp. Eucalyptus sideroxylon; (also) the wood of such…

any of several eucalypts having pale bark and growing near watercourses; esp. Eucalytpus elata (formerly E. andreana) and E. radiata, both of…

An Australian tree (Eucalyptus diversicolor, one of the ‘blue gums’); also, its hard red timber, used in street-paving. Also attributive.

Australian. Any of various eucalypts having yellowish bark; also called yellow jack.

Anglicized form of eucalyptus, n.

Either of two white-flowering Australian trees of the genus Eucalyptus (family Myrtaceae), E. ochrophloia and E. thozetiana (also more fully yapunya…

Any of several Australian gum trees; spec. Eucalyptus coolabah (sometimes included in E. microtheca), which has greyish-green leaves and fibrous…

any of several Australian gum trees of the genus Eucalyptus that are hosts to the bark-mining scribbly gum moth, esp. E. haemastoma.

any of several eucalypts, esp. the red mahogany, Eucalyptus resinifera.

Any of various eucalypts having yellowish bark; = yellow jacket, n. 3.

†(a) the tree Corymbia ficifolia (formerly included in the genus Eucalyptus), which has red flowers (obsolete rare); (b) any of several eucalypts…

a name for red mahogany, Eucalyptus resinifera.

the bimble box, Eucalyptus populnea, a tree of eatern Australia having a fibrous bark and glossy green leaves.

(see quots.).

the Australian Eucalyptus corynocalyx and E. Gunnii.

(more fully apple box tree) any of several Australian eucalypts (genus Eucalyptus), esp. E. bridgesiana, which are thought to resemble the apple…

the river red gum, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, which is very plentiful along the Murray River.

the Australian river red gum, Eucalyptus camaldulensis.

A tree of this genus.

Eucalyptus tereticornis.

= red gum tree, n. 2; esp. (also river red gum) E. camaldulensis. Also: the wood of any of these trees. Frequently with distinguishing word.

A yapunyah tree. Also more fully napunyah tree.

any of various gum trees with white bark, esp. the ghost gum Corymbia papuana.

any of various Australian eucalypts of the genus Corymbia which have white or whitish bark, esp. C. papuana; (also) the wood of such a tree; cf. whit…

a shrub or small tree, Eucalyptus niphophila, with white bark and glaucous leaves, native to high regions of New South Wales.

a flooded gum, Eucalyptus saligna.

(see quot. 1883).

Any of three eucalypts, Eucalyptus ochrophloia, E. thozetiana (also called napunyah, yapunyah), and E. argophloia. Also more fully lapunyah tree.