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单词 red gum tree
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red gum treen.

Brit. /ˌrɛd ˈɡʌm triː/, U.S. /ˌrɛd ˈɡəm tri/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red gum n.2, tree n.; red adj., gum tree n.
Etymology: Partly < red gum n.2 + tree n., and partly (in sense 2) < red adj. + gum tree n.
1. An acacia tree producing a reddish form of gum arabic. Obsolete.
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1759 tr. M. Adanson Voy. Senegal 42 There are several hills of a very gentle ascent, covered with white and red gum trees [Fr. gommiers rouges].
1797 T. Falconer Voy. of Hanno 29 Here, says he [sc. Adanson], are most beautiful tamarisks, red gum-trees, and several other sorts of thorny acacias.
1838 G. N. Wright New & Comprehensive Gazetteer Suppl. 395/2 The gum-tree of the Senegal is of the acacia genus, of which there are numerous varieties. The five principal are the red gum-tree, called Nebueb; the red one of Gonake; [etc.].
1878 Defiance (Ohio) Democrat 6 June 2/3 In about fifteen days it thickens in the furrow,..commonly assuming the form of oval and round tears about the size of a pigeon's egg, of different colors, as they belong to the white or red gum tree.
2. 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 n.2 3.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > eucalyptus trees
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
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular tree or plant yielding useful gum or resin > [noun] > Australasian > eucalyptus gum-trees
gum tree1676
red gum tree1790
eucalyptus1809
eucalypt1877
1790 Nat. Hist. in J. White Jrnl. Voy. New S. Wales App. 231 The Red Gum Tree, Eucalyptus Resinifera.
1855 J. Bonwick Geogr. Austral. & N.Z. (ed. 3) 201 The chief of these are the blue, red..and mountain Gum trees.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer I. 46 That's the worst of Australia—there's nothing a hundred years old in it except a red-gum tree.
1958 Times 4 Jan. 5/5 Their bodies were found huddled under a giant red gum tree.
2002 M. A. Timbury et al. Notes Med. Microbiol. xl. 522 The natural distribution of C[ryptococcus] neoformans var. gatii follows that of the River Red Gum tree Eucalyptus camaldulensis and is therefore limited to tropical and subtropical climates.
3. Chiefly U.S. More fully American red gum tree. The sweet gum, Liquidambar styraciflua. Cf. red gum n.2 4.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular tree or plant yielding useful gum or resin > [noun] > liquidambar tree
sweet gum1700
copalm1775
red gum tree1839
liquidambar1843
satin walnut1879
red gum1883
1839 Southern Literary Messenger 5 113/2 Dislodge the rackoon from its lofty hole in the red-gum tree.
1937 G. S. Brady Materials Handbk. (ed. 3) 583 ‘Satin walnut’ is an English name for the wood of the American red gum tree, Liquidambar styraciflua, of the Southern States.
1952 Sunday Times Signal (Zanesville, Ohio) 19 Oct. 4/1 It is easy to spot a red gum tree among the Muskingum hills for there is none which more resembles a pillar of fire.
2003 J. A. Kent Riegel's Handbk. Industr. Chem. (ed. 10) vii. 240/1 The red gum tree of the southern United States exudes a yellowish balsamic liquid or gum from wounds, which is known as storax.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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