gum tree


noun
  1. any tree that exudes gum, as a eucalyptus, the sour gum, or the sweet gum.

  2. any of various other gum-yielding trees, as the sapodilla.

Origin of gum tree

1
An Americanism dating back to 1670–80

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How to use gum tree in a sentence

  • Close to him, on the branch of a gigantic gumtree, was a mighty jaguar, licking his tongue before leaping.

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  • He found Jacky where he had left him at the foot of a gumtree tall and smooth as an admiral's main-mast.

  • As it ran down the smooth branches of the gumtree and over the leaves it gradually congealed, and formed a white efflorescence.

British Dictionary definitions for gumtree

gumtree

/ (ˈɡʌmˌtriː) /


noun
  1. any of various trees that yield gum, such as the eucalyptus, sweet gum, and sour gum: Sometimes shortened to: gum

  2. Also called: gumwood the wood of the eucalyptus tree

  1. up a gumtree informal in a very awkward position; in difficulties

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