red gum

See also: redgum and red-gum

English
sawn wood of a river red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis)

Noun

red gum (plural red gums)

  1. Any of several species of trees found in Australia:
    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.
    3. Eucalyptus macrorhyncha (red stringybark, Cannon's stringybark, capertee stringybark)
    4. Eucalyptus tereticornis (forest red gum), with red wood.
  2. Liquidambar styraciflua, a tree of the hazel family, found in North America.

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