white gum

noun

1. any of various Australian eucalyptuses having a whitish bark.

white gum

noun

1. any of various Australian eucalyptus trees with whitish bark

Word History and Origins

Origin of white gum¹

An Americanism dating back to 1735–45

Example Sentences

His upper lip curled back to reveal the white gum shield protecting a mouth sneering with contempt, Muhammad Ali stands over the prone body of Sonny Liston.

From The Guardian

The exit wound on top consists of two irregular holes with a patch of bone stuck between them, like a flattened wad of white gum.

From Slate

Gum Arabic Starch.—Get two ounces of fine, white gum arabic, and pound it to powder.

From Project Gutenberg

Conal's resting place was on a sunny hillside under a blossoming white gum in which the bees hummed drowsily in the spring time and through which the green parrots flashed all the year.

From Project Gutenberg

Take some white gum arabic, reduce it to an impalpable powder, in a brass mortar; dissolve it in strong brandy, and add a little common water to render it more liquid.

From Project Gutenberg