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flooded gums

flooded gums is the plural of flooded gum.

Meaning of flooded gum

Noun

flooded gum (countable and uncountable, plural flooded gums)

  1. (Australia) Any of several eucalypts that flourish in damp soil, especially Eucalyptus grandis and Eucalyptus rudis.
    • There were no locks on the door and you could get an education or work in the bush planting flooded gum.1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 384
    Synonyms:
    floodgum

Questions about flooded gums

What is flooded gums the plural of?
Flooded gums is the plural of flooded gum.

Words near flooded gums in the dictionary

  1. floodchannel
  2. floodchannels
  3. flooddidit
  4. flooded
  5. flooded gum
  6. flooded gums
  7. flooded out
  8. flooded the zone
  9. flooder
  10. flooders
  11. floodest

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