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

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times

Among them are southern magnolia, Virginia cedar, southern sugar maple, blue gum and mimosa.

From Washington Times

According to the logging industry, the blue gum trees were harvested in November and the contractor followed all of the protocols in place to protect the animals.

From BBC

Without anyone seeing, I ran into the blue gum grove behind my house, leaned against a tree, and tried to make myself clean.

From Literature

Among the precise rows of smouldering blue gums, he had found signs of two deliberately lit fires, 100 metres apart.

From The Guardian