white gum

American  

noun

1. any of various Australian eucalyptuses having a whitish bark.

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white gum British  

noun

1. any of various Australian eucalyptus trees with whitish bark

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Etymology

Origin of white gum

An Americanism dating back to 1735–45

Example Sentences

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white gum

His upper lip curled back to reveal the white gum shield protecting a mouth sneering with contempt, Muhammad Ali stands over the prone body of Sonny Liston.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 23, 2015

Large white gum clumps studded the plains in every direction.

From Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, by Forrest, John

The soil on Emu Plains was far superior to any we had seen since leaving the boat, and was lightly and picturesquely timbered with the white gum.

From Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea by Stokes, John Lort

The boy proceeded with out caution, and presently they came upon a saddled horse lying under a big white gum.

From In the Roaring Fifties by Dyson, Edward

About two in the morning the downpour ceased, the sky cleared, and a fair half-moon of silvery brightness shone out above the tops of the white gum forest.

From "Five-Head" Creek; and Fish Drugging In The Pacific 1901 by Becke, Louis