grey gum

noun

any of various eucalyptus trees of New South Wales having dull grey bark, esp Eucalyptus punctata

I can see it all now quite plain: The one-roomed hut, for it was no more, with the stunted blue-grey gum, scrub all round.

The chief constituent of the low scrub which covers the northern part of the country is the grey gum acacia (hashob).

Even the stretches of grey gum-cistus have become almost gaudy with their pink, white, and pale yellow flowers.

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