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BLUE GUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blue gum mean? 

BLUE GUM (noun)
  The noun BLUE GUM has 1 sense:

1. tall fast-growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil; young leaves are bluishplay

  Familiarity information: BLUE GUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLUE GUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tall fast-growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil; young leaves are bluish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

blue gum; Eucalyptus globulus; fever tree

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

eucalypt; eucalyptus; eucalyptus tree (a tree of the genus Eucalyptus)


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