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gumtree
/ ˈɡʌmˌtriː /
noun
- any of various trees that yield gum, such as the eucalyptus, sweet gum, and sour gum Sometimes shortened togum
- Also calledgumwood the wood of the eucalyptus tree
- up a gumtree informal.in a very awkward position; in difficulties
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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.
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As it ran down the smooth branches of the gumtree and over the leaves it gradually congealed, and formed a white efflorescence.
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