flooded gum

British  

noun

1. any of various eucalyptus trees of Australia, esp Eucalyptus saligna (the Sydney blue gum), that grow in damp soil

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Example Sentences

To the productions of the country as then reported, may now be added great quantities of rose wood, the flooded gum, and coal.

From Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales by Oxley, John

I say, Joan, you remember the old Eight Mile Water-hole on Dingo Flat—middle of the patch of flooded gum and she-oak—that the Blacks used to say had no bottom to it?

From Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life by Praed, Campbell, Mrs.

Near the large water-hole at which I halted, was an old camping place of the natives, and the remnants of many a hut lay scattered round two large flooded gum trees.

From Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 by Leichhardt, Ludwig

Of course, the trees were there—ti-tree, flooded gum, and so forth—but they looked brown and ragged.

From Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life by Praed, Campbell, Mrs.