flooded gum
any of various eucalyptus trees of Australia, esp Eucalyptus saligna (the Sydney blue gum), that grow in damp soil
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How to use flooded gum in a sentence
A circumstance that surprised us much, was the re-appearance of the flooded-gum upon its banks, and that too of a large size.
Flooded-gum overhung the inner banks of the river, or grew upon the many islands, with casuarina.
He found that it narrowed in width, and that its banks became steep, with a fine avenue of flooded-gum trees overhanging them.
On the small well-grassed flats along the watercourse, the flooded-gum and apple-trees grew to a considerable size.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia | Ludwig LeichhardtThe flooded-gum, however, kept its place, and frequently attained to a great size.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia | Ludwig Leichhardt
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