blue gum

noun

1. eucalyptus.

blue gum

noun

1. a tall fast-growing widely cultivated Australian myrtaceous tree, Eucalyptus globulus , having aromatic leaves containing a medicinal oil, bark that peels off in shreds, and hard timber. The juvenile leaves are bluish in colour
2. any of several other eucalyptus trees

Word History and Origins

Origin of blue gum¹

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

We were on Blue Gum Ridge hunting squirrels, and we got to talking over one thing and another.

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There was a blue-gum flat to the eastward of it, which we crossed, and then entered a brush of acacia pendula and box.

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The flats on either side became slightly timbered, and blue gum was the prevailing tree.

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The polygonum still prevailed upon them in places, and the blue-gum tree alone occupied their outskirts.

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When we bought the Santa Anita, there were five eucalyptus or blue gum trees growing near the house.

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