eucalyptic
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a word derived from
eucalyptus.
eucalyptusnounany of numerous often tall trees belonging to the genus Eucalyptus, of the myrtle family, native to Australia and adjacent islands, having aromatic evergreen leaves that are the source of medicinal oils and heavy wood used as timber.
Example Sentences
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This energetic organism chafed under the bed-clothes and the black-currant tea and the hushed eucalyptic calm of the chamber.
From A Great Man A Frolic by Arnold Bennett
Its flesh is strong and muscular, and its eucalyptic odour is stronger still.
From The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned by J. Macfarlane