eucalyptianadj.n.
/juːkəˈlɪptɪən/ A. adj.
Belonging to the genus Eucalyptus.
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eucalyptian1870
eucalyptic1873
1870 A. L. Gordon Bush Ballads Ded. 8 The gnarl'd knotted trunks Eucalyptian.
B. n.
A tree of this genus.
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yellow box1662
gum tree1676
white gum tree1733
whip-stick1782
peppermint1790
red gum tree1790
red mahogany1798
white gum1798
box1801
blue gum1802
eucalyptus1809
box tree1819
black-butted gum1820
bloodwood1827
white ash1830
blackbutt1833
morrel1837
mountain ash1837
mallee scrub1845
apple gum1846
flooded gum1847
Moreton Bay ash1847
mallee1848
swamp gum1852
box-gum1855
manna gum1855
white top1856
river gum1860
grey box1861
woolly butt1862
marlock1863
fever tree1867
red ironbark1867
river white gum1867
karri1870
yellow jacket1876
eucalypt1877
yapunyah1878
coolibah1879
scribbly gum1883
forest mahogany1884
yellow jack1884
rose gum1885
Jimmy Low1887
nankeen gum1889
slaty gum1889
sugar-gum1889
apple box1890
Murray red gum1895
creek-gum1898
eucalyptian1901
forest red gum1904
river red gum1920
napunyah1921
whitewash gum1923
ghost gum1928
snow gum1928
Sydney blue gum1932
salmon gum1934
lapunyah1940
1901 Harper's Mag. 102 708/1 The huge, white-armed eucalyptians overhead.
Derivatives
eucaˈlyptic adj.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [adjective] > of or relating to eucalyptus trees
eucalyptian1870
eucalyptic1873
1873 J. B. Stephens Black Gin 6 This eucalyptic cloisterdom.
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adj.n.1870