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gum tree
noun
- any tree that exudes gum, as a eucalyptus, the sour gum, or the sweet gum.
- any of various other gum-yielding trees, as the sapodilla.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gum tree1
An Americanism dating back to 1670–80
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Example Sentences
We came upon buffalo tracks near a large water-hole, and here we each climbed a gum-tree and awaited the arrival of our prey.
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All the other men at the same time tap it with twigs of a particular gum tree, chanting the while.
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The gum-tree is highly combustible, and it is a common practice with them to kindle their fires at the root of one of these trees.
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The polygonum still prevailed upon them in places, and the blue-gum tree alone occupied their outskirts.
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The gum tree proved to be a sapling of no great promise or pretensions.
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