river red gum

noun

1. a large Australian red gum tree, Eucalyptus camaldulensis , growing along river banks

Example Sentences

Rebecca Jakobi, 30, said that for most of her life, she knew nothing of the 800-year-old river red gum tree beside the highway she drove along near her home in rural Victoria.

From New York Times

Slipping back into English, he spoke over the whirring of cicadas in the river red gum trees that line the sandy banks: “It is smaller than a kookaburra. Its mate will be nearby.”

From New York Times