gumtree

/ ˈɡʌmˌtriː /

noun

any of various trees that yield gum, such as the eucalyptus, sweet gum, and sour gum Sometimes shortened togum
Also calledgumwood the wood of the eucalyptus tree
up a gumtree informal.
in a very awkward position; in difficulties

Close to him, on the branch of a gigantic gumtree, was a mighty jaguar, licking his tongue before leaping.

He found Jacky where he had left him at the foot of a gumtree tall and smooth as an admiral's main-mast.

As it ran down the smooth branches of the gumtree and over the leaves it gradually congealed, and formed a white efflorescence.

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