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gum-tips

gum-tips is the plural of gum-tip.

Meaning of gum-tip

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

Questions about gum-tips

What is gum-tips the plural of?
Gum-tips is the plural of gum-tip.

Words near gum-tips in the dictionary

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

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