blue gum

noun

eucalyptus.

Origin of blue gum

First recorded in 1795–1805

Words nearby blue gum

blue-green alga, blue-green algae, blue grosbeak, blue ground, blue grouse, blue gum, bluehead, blue-headed vireo, blue heaven, blue heeler, blue heron

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Example sentences from the Web for blue gum

The timber on it was chiefly of the blue-gum kind, and the ground was covered with shells.
Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia, Complete|Charles Sturt
The forest had become a tangled maze of low-growing shrub, dotted with giant growths of maple, spruce, and blue-gum.
In the Brooding Wild|Ridgwell Cullum
From the plain we entered a wood of blue-gum, in which reeds, grass, and brush formed a thick coppice.
Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia, Complete|Charles Sturt
The great marsh bore south of us, and was clear and open, but behind us the blue-gum trees formed a thick wood above the weeds.
Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia, Complete|Charles Sturt

There was a blue-gum flat to the eastward of it, which we crossed, and then entered a brush of acacia pendula and box.
Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia, Complete|Charles Sturt

British Dictionary definitions for blue gum

blue gum

noun

a tall fast-growing widely cultivated Australian myrtaceous tree, Eucalyptus globulus, having aromatic leaves containing a medicinal oil, bark that peels off in shreds, and hard timber. The juvenile leaves are bluish in colour

any of several other eucalyptus trees

单词	blue gum
释义	blue gum noun eucalyptus. Origin of blue gum First recorded in 1795–1805 Words nearby blue gum blue-green alga, blue-green algae, blue grosbeak, blue ground, blue grouse, blue gum, bluehead, blue-headed vireo, blue heaven, blue heeler, blue heron Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for blue gum The timber on it was chiefly of the blue-gum kind, and the ground was covered with shells. Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia, Complete\|Charles Sturt The forest had become a tangled maze of low-growing shrub, dotted with giant growths of maple, spruce, and blue-gum. In the Brooding Wild\|Ridgwell Cullum From the plain we entered a wood of blue-gum, in which reeds, grass, and brush formed a thick coppice. Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia, Complete\|Charles Sturt The great marsh bore south of us, and was clear and open, but behind us the blue-gum trees formed a thick wood above the weeds. Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia, Complete\|Charles Sturt There was a blue-gum flat to the eastward of it, which we crossed, and then entered a brush of acacia pendula and box. Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia, Complete\|Charles Sturt British Dictionary definitions for blue gum blue gum noun a tall fast-growing widely cultivated Australian myrtaceous tree, Eucalyptus globulus, having aromatic leaves containing a medicinal oil, bark that peels off in shreds, and hard timber. The juvenile leaves are bluish in colour any of several other eucalyptus trees See also red gum (def. 1) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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