white gum

American

noun

any of various Australian eucalyptuses having a whitish bark.

white gum British

noun

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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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

The exit wound on top consists of two irregular holes with a patch of bone stuck between them, like a flattened wad of white gum.

From Slate

Gum Arabic Starch.—Get two ounces of fine, white gum arabic, and pound it to powder.

From Project Gutenberg

Conal's resting place was on a sunny hillside under a blossoming white gum in which the bees hummed drowsily in the spring time and through which the green parrots flashed all the year.

From Project Gutenberg

The trees seemed to consist chiefly of white gum, peppermint, and banksias, and all looked rather ragged and untidy.

From Project Gutenberg

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