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snappy gum

snappy gum noun: any of various eucalypts having brittle timber, including Eucalyptus brevifolia, Eucalyptus haemastoma and Eucalyptus rossii.

Noun

snappy gum (plural snappy gums)

  1. (Australia) Any of various eucalypts having brittle timber, including Eucalyptus brevifolia, Eucalyptus haemastoma and Eucalyptus rossii.
    • The timber consists of Scribbly gum (known here as Snappy Gum), Mountain Ash, pepperment, interspersed with patches of Bloodwood, Mohogany, Stringy Bark, and Apple and on the sides of the mountain gullies to the south grows sparsely Iron Bark, box (Eupts. quadrangulata) and Water Gum.1902 July 15, The Australasian Beekeeper, page 9
    • The first six children born had sat beside her under the shade of a snappy gum until she erected a more permanent shade with two blankets.2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 14

Forms of snappy gum

pluralsnappy gums

Questions about snappy gum

What does snappy gum mean?
Snappy gum means any of various eucalypts having brittle timber, including Eucalyptus brevifolia, Eucalyptus haemastoma and Eucalyptus rossii.
What part of speech is snappy gum?
Snappy gum is a noun.
What is the plural of snappy gum?
The plural of snappy gum is snappy gums.

Words near snappy gum in the dictionary

  1. snappishness
  2. snappishnesses
  3. snappling
  4. snapps
  5. snappy
  6. snappy gum
  7. snappy gums
  8. snaps
  9. snaps at someone's heels
  10. snaps back
  11. snaps for you

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