单词 | rusty gum |
释义 | > as lemmasrusty gum rusty gum n. Australian a tall tree of eastern Australia, Angophora costata (family Myrtaceae), which has smooth reddish bark and small woody fruits, and is common as an ornamental tree in some residential areas; also called smooth-barked apple. ΚΠ 1847 F. W. L. Leichhardt Jrnl. Overland Exped. Austral. ii. 48 The range was openly timbered with white-gum, spotted-gum, Ironbark, rusty-gum and the cypress-pine. 1900 Queensland Agric. Jrnl. 6 314 The Rusty Gum is found in open forests both in the inland and coastal districts of South Queensland. 2006 Manly (Austral.) Daily (Nexis) 11 Nov. 39 Angophora costata is about the best. This is a tall native tree with smooth bark that is deciduous, revealing rust-red bark beneath and so is sometimes called rusty gum. < as lemmas |
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