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blue gum

Any of several trees in the genus Eucalyptus of Australia, especially E. globulus, a tall timber tree having smooth bark that peels off in strips and lance-shaped aromatic leaves.

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blue gum

bluegum

1. (Plants) a tall fast-growing widely cultivated Australian myrtaceous tree, Eucalyptus globulus, having aromatic leaves containing a medicinal oil, bark that peels off in shreds, and hard timber. The juvenile leaves are bluish in colour

2. (Plants) any of several other eucalyptus trees

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blue′ gum`

a large, extensively planted eucalyptus, Eucalyptus globulus.

[1795–1805]

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blue gum - tall fast-growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil; young leaves are bluish

Eucalyptus globulus, fever tree

eucalypt, eucalyptus tree, eucalyptus - a tree of the genus Eucalyptus

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blue gum

n (Bot) → blu gum m inv della Tasmania

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