Found 2 items, similar to Gum tree.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: gum tree
gum tree
n : any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar
or Nyssa that are sources of gum [syn:
gum]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: gum tree
gum tree
\gum" tree`\ n.
Any tree that exudes a gum, such as:
(a) The black gum (
Nyssa multiflora), one of the largest
trees of the Southern States, bearing a small blue fruit,
the favorite food of the opossum. Most of the large trees
become hollow.
(b) A tree of the genus
Eucalyptus; a eucalypt. See
Eucalpytus.
(c) The sweet gum tree of the United States (
Liquidambar styraciflua
), a large and beautiful tree with pointedly
lobed leaves and woody burlike fruit. It exudes an
aromatic terebinthine juice.
(d) The sour gum tree.
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