ghost gum
ghost gum noun: any of various Australian evergreen trees of the genus Corymbia, especially Corymbia papuana.
Noun
ghost gum (plural ghost gums)
- Any of various Australian evergreen trees of the genus Corymbia, especially Corymbia papuana.
- Arkady's job was to identify the ‘traditional landowners’ […] and to get them to reveal which rock or soak or ghost-gum was the work of a Dreamtime hero.1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 4
- What Norm could do with stories he had practised down to a fine art and glued it to surviving relics, like the still-to-be-found fire-gutted ghost gum willed by providence to the families' memories of Westside […].2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 102
ghost gum meaning in Tamil
ghost gum in Tamil
- பூதப் பிசின்மரம்
Forms of ghost gum
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Questions about ghost gum
- What does ghost gum mean?
- Ghost gum means any of various Australian evergreen trees of the genus Corymbia, especially Corymbia papuana.
- What is ghost gum in Tamil?
- Ghost gum in Tamil is பூதப் பிசின்மரம். See Ghost gum meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is ghost gum?
- Ghost gum is a noun.
- What is the plural of ghost gum?
- The plural of ghost gum is ghost gums.
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