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

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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

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 John Lort Stokes

At thirteen and a half miles a white gum flat with not many stones and trees not large.

From McKinlay's Journal of Exploration in the Interior of Australia by John McKinlay

Between the two townships a park has been reserved, though not yet enclosed; the timber in it, which is large—consisting principally of white gum and stringy bark—is not allowed to be cut or injured.

From A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53 by Ellen Clacy

We passed over some very fine flats of Bastard-box, silver-leaved Ironbark, and white gum, with a few scattered Acacia-trees, remarkable for their drooping foliage, and mentioned under the date 22nd December.

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 Ludwig Leichhardt

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