gum tree
any tree that exudes gum, as a eucalyptus, the sour gum, or the sweet gum.
any of various other gum-yielding trees, as the sapodilla.
Origin of gum tree
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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.
The Missouri Outlaws | Gustave AimardHe found Jacky where he had left him at the foot of a gumtree tall and smooth as an admiral's main-mast.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend | Charles ReadeAs it ran down the smooth branches of the gumtree and over the leaves it gradually congealed, and formed a white efflorescence.
Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 | John Lort Stokes
British Dictionary definitions for gumtree
/ (ˈɡʌmˌtriː) /
any of various trees that yield gum, such as the eucalyptus, sweet gum, and sour gum: Sometimes shortened to: gum
Also called: gumwood the wood of the eucalyptus tree
up a gumtree informal in a very awkward position; in difficulties
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