yellow gum
Americannoun
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any of several Australian eucalyptuses, as Eucalyptus melliodora, having yellowish bark.
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any of several tupelos.
Example Sentences
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We this day passed a small group of trees of the yellow gum, a species of eucalyptus growing only on the poor sandy soil near Botany Bay, and other parts of the sea-coast near Sydney.
From Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia by Thomas Mitchell
The tree producing the yellow gum is of a very diminutive size; but, unlike that of Cape Barren island, it bears a reed correspondent to itself.
From An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 by David Collins
The yellow gum as it is called, is strictly a resin, not being at all soluble in water; in appearance it strongly resembles gamboge, but has not the property of staining.
From The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (1789) by Arthur Phillip
The yellow gum has been discovered to possess the same property, but in an inferior degree.
From The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (1789) by Arthur Phillip
Upon a plant also which yielded a yellow gum, there was less than upon the same kind of plant in Botany Bay.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 by Robert Kerr
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