snow gum

English

Noun

snow gum (plural snow gums)

  1. (Australia) Any of various eucalypts associated with snowy areas, especially Eucalyptus pauciflora, a flowering shrub of southeastern Australia and Tasmania occurring either side of the snowline; and Eucalyptus coccifera of subalpine Tasmania.
    • 1999, Julia Leigh, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 16:
      A toppled snow gum blocks the track and Jack stands aside while M hacks a step into both sides of the giant log.
    • 2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 78:
      On they went, crawling and tottering across the dolerite mountains of the Central Highlands and scattering kangaroos and wombats that looked back at them from between the snow gums.

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