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blackbutts

blackbutts is the plural of blackbutt.

Meaning of blackbutt

Noun

blackbutt (plural blackbutts)

  1. (Australia) Any of several Australian eucalyptus trees with a dark fibrous bark towards the base of the trunk, especially Eucalyptus pilularis, but also Eucalyptus zopherophloia and Eucalyptus todtiana.
    • Bothered by the conviction of making no impression on her, he pulled up at a strip of road shaded by tall spotted gums, blackbutt, and honeysuckle, and produced a packet of cigarettes. "About time for a smoke-O," he said, "Have a fag, Cora.'1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 169

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What is blackbutts the plural of?
Blackbutts is the plural of blackbutt.

Words near blackbutts in the dictionary

  1. Blackburnian
  2. Blackburnian warbler
  3. Blackburnian warblers
  4. Blackburns
  5. blackbutt
  6. blackbutts
  7. blackcap
  8. blackcap raspberries
  9. blackcap raspberry
  10. blackcaps
  11. blackcel

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