单词 | red gum tree |
释义 | red gum treen.ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1759 |
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