eucalypt
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a variation of
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.
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The last thing he expected was to walk into work one day and find a "cheeky" koala, dazed and too stuffed to move, surrounded by stripped eucalypt plants.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2023
Koalas dwell mostly in eucalypt forests in eastern states and on the coastal fringes, usually living up to 20 years.
From Reuters ● Jan. 29, 2022
No plant on the planet craves fire like the eucalypt: to live it needs to burn.
From The Guardian ● May 24, 2019
The eucalypt crowns had been stripped out and the remaining blackened leaves appeared stiff, snapdried, arrowing in the direction of Saturday’s wind.
From The Guardian ● May 24, 2019
The rival of the red gum as a timber tree is the jarrah, an eucalypt peculiar to Western Australia, where it grows in forests.
From Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil by Howard Willoughby