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swamp gum

swamp gum noun: any of various species of Eucalyptus native to Australia.

swamp gum: any of various species of Eucalyptus native to Australia
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Noun

swamp gum (plural swamp gums)

  1. Any of various species of Eucalyptus native to Australia.
    • Two years before, under the swamp-gum in their Mosman garden, away from the children's ears, they had talked of separating […].1983, Robert Drewe, The Bodysurfers, Penguin, published 2009, page 51
    1. Eucalyptus bensonii (mountain swamp gum)
    2. Eucalyptus camphora (mountain swamp gum)
    3. Eucalyptus ovata
    4. Eucalyptus regnans
    5. Eucalyptus rudis
  2. (North Carolina, South Carolina) Nyssa aquaticus (water tupelo)
  3. (North Carolina, South Carolina) Nyssa biflora (swamp tupelo)
    • This area was formerly covered by cypress but this is now replaced by a dense growth of swamp gum, swamp maple and similar trees, closely interwoven with Smilax and Toxicodendron, forming an impenetrable tangle […]1927 Jan, “Notes on the Reptiles and Amphibians of the Dismal Swamp”, in Copeia, number 162, Burton Hall, Northampton, Mass.: American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, →OCLC, page 26

Forms of swamp gum

pluralswamp gums

Questions about swamp gum

What does swamp gum mean?
Swamp gum means any of various species of Eucalyptus native to Australia.
What part of speech is swamp gum?
Swamp gum is a noun.
What is the plural of swamp gum?
The plural of swamp gum is swamp gums.

Words near swamp gum in the dictionary

  1. swamp eel
  2. swamp eels
  3. swamp francolin
  4. swamp francolins
  5. swamp gas
  6. swamp gum
  7. swamp gums
  8. swamp harrier
  9. swamp harriers
  10. swamp holly
  11. swamp lilies

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