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BLACK GUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small mallee with rough dark-colored bark toward the butt; yields a red eucalyptus kino gum
Synonyms:
black gum; black mallee; black sally; Eucalytus stellulata
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("black gum" is a kind of...):
mallee (any of several low-growing Australian eucalypts)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall
Synonyms:
black gum; Nyssa sylvatica; pepperidge; sour gum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("black gum" is a kind of...):
tupelo; tupelo tree (any of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America)
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