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blackgum

blackgum is the alternative form of black gum.

Meaning of black gum

Noun

black gum (plural black gums)

  1. A tree native to eastern North America, Nyssa sylvatica.
    • Sweet gums and black gums and sourwoods made the woods bright now when oaks and hickories had just begun to look dull and faded.1958, William O. Steele, The Perilous Road, published 2004, page 2
    Synonyms:
    black tupelo, pepperidge, sour gum
  2. Eucalyptus aggregata, of south eastern Australia
  3. Eucalyptus ovata, of south eastern Australia
    Synonyms:
    blue-leaf sally, large-flower swamp gum, Marrawah gum, swamp gum, white gum
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, gum.
    • He grinned, displaying crooked teeth and black gums. Yikes.2009, Tricia Telep, The Eternal Kiss, 2010, Large Print Edition, page 67

Forms of blackgum

pluralblackgums

Questions about blackgum

What is blackgum the alternative form of?
Blackgum is the alternative form of black gum.

Words near blackgum in the dictionary

  1. blackguardizing
  2. blackguardly
  3. blackguardries
  4. blackguardry
  5. blackguards
  6. blackgum
  7. blackgums
  8. Blackhall
  9. Blackhall Colliery
  10. Blackhall Rocks
  11. Blackham

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