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GUM TREE

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Meaning:

Any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum

Synonyms:

gum; gum tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("gum tree" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Meronyms (substance of "gum tree"):

gum; gumwood (wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gum tree"):

liquidambar (any tree of the genus Liquidambar)

eucalypt; eucalyptus; eucalyptus tree (a tree of the genus Eucalyptus)

tupelo; tupelo tree (any of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America)

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