BLACK GUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does black gum mean? 

• BLACK GUM (noun)
  The noun BLACK GUM has 2 senses:

1. columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall

2. a small mallee with rough dark-colored bark toward the butt; yields a red eucalyptus kino gum

  Familiarity information: BLACK GUM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLACK GUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black gum; Nyssa sylvatica; pepperidge; sour gum

Hypernyms ("black gum" is a kind of...):

tupelo; tupelo tree (any of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A small mallee with rough dark-colored bark toward the butt; yields a red eucalyptus kino gum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black gum; black mallee; black sally; Eucalytus stellulata

Hypernyms ("black gum" is a kind of...):

mallee (any of several low-growing Australian eucalypts)