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GUM TREE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum
Synonyms:
gum; gum tree
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gum tree" is a kind of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Meronyms (substance of "gum tree"):
gum; gumwood (wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gum tree"):
liquidambar (any tree of the genus Liquidambar)
eucalypt; eucalyptus; eucalyptus tree (a tree of the genus Eucalyptus)
tupelo; tupelo tree (any of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America)