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gum-tip

gum-tip noun: the young outer leaves of a gum tree.

Noun

gum-tip (plural gum-tips)

  1. (Australia) The young outer leaves of a gum tree.
    • Now, if you went down into the forest where the spring gum-tips gleam gold and ruby in whatever sunshine, Heaven thinks fit to apportion at this season to residents of the Dandenongs (who surely were all born Aquarians) what sign of the Zodiac would you expect to meet?1947 November 14, Mountain District Free Press and Frentree Gully News, Tecoma, Vic., page 8, column 2

Forms of gum-tip

pluralgum-tips

Questions about gum-tip

What does gum-tip mean?
Gum-tip means the young outer leaves of a gum tree.
What part of speech is gum-tip?
Gum-tip is a noun.
What is the plural of gum-tip?
The plural of gum-tip is gum-tips.

Words near gum-tip in the dictionary

  1. gum-rash
  2. gum-resin
  3. gum-resins
  4. gum-tickler
  5. gum-ticklers
  6. gum-tip
  7. gum-tips
  8. gum-tree
  9. gum-treed
  10. gum-trees
  11. Guma

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