blue gum

American  

noun

1. eucalyptus.

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blue gum British  

noun

1. a tall fast-growing widely cultivated Australian myrtaceous tree, Eucalyptus globulus , having aromatic leaves containing a medicinal oil, bark that peels off in shreds, and hard timber. The juvenile leaves are bluish in colour

2. any of several other eucalyptus trees

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Etymology

Origin of blue gum

First recorded in 1795–1805

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Example Sentences

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blue gum

And oh, yes, the eucalyptus — the Tasmanian blue gum variety, melancholy and romantic-looking, the Hamlet of trees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2025

We came across a row of five stout stumps of 130-year-old blue gum trees that are known as “the Burghers of Prince Albert.”

From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2019

A particular sense of color — eggplant, blue, gum pink and yellow — went right back to the teenage boys of his earliest collections.

From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2013

I’ve had a special place in my heart for these creatures ever since while strolling on the beach I saw what I thought was a wad of blue gum on the sand.

From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2010

We then dug up large, round tuber roots called kaumbu and carved them into wheels, using blue gum poles as axles.

From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba

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