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red gum

red gum noun: corymbia calophylla (marri), native to Western Australia, with red gum effusions. Also the alternative form of red-gum.

red gum: corymbia calophylla (marri), native to Western Australia, with red gum effusions
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Noun

red gum (plural red gums)

  1. Corymbia calophylla (marri), native to Western Australia, with red gum effusions.
  2. Eucalyptus camaldulensis (Murray red gum, river red gum), a eucalyptus tree with red wood.
    Synonyms:
    river red gum
  3. Eucalyptus macrorhyncha (red stringybark, Cannon's stringybark, capertee stringybark)
  4. Eucalyptus tereticornis (forest red gum), with red wood.
  5. A tree of the hazel family, of species Liquidambar styraciflua, found in North America.
    Synonyms:
    sweet gum, sweet gum-tree

Also used as

red gum is also the alternative form of red-gum.

Synonyms of red gum

Forms of red gum

pluralred gums

Origin of red gum

Alteration (due to gum) of earlier red gown, reed gounde, from Middle English redgownd, redgound, radegound, radegund, equivalent to red + gound.

Words formed from red gum

Questions about red gum

What does red gum mean?
Red gum means corymbia calophylla (marri), native to Western Australia, with red gum effusions.
What part of speech is red gum?
Red gum is a noun.
What is the plural of red gum?
The plural of red gum is red gums.

Words near red gum in the dictionary

  1. red green
  2. red greens
  3. red grouse
  4. red guard
  5. red guards
  6. red gum
  7. red gums
  8. red gurnard
  9. red gurnards
  10. red hair
  11. red hairs

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