EUCALYPTUS (eucalypti)

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Irregular inflected form: eucalypti   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does eucalyptus mean? 

• EUCALYPTUS (noun)
  The noun EUCALYPTUS has 2 senses:

1. wood of any of various eucalyptus trees valued as timber

2. a tree of the genus Eucalyptus

  Familiarity information: EUCALYPTUS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EUCALYPTUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wood of any of various eucalyptus trees valued as timber

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("eucalyptus" is a kind of...):

wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Holonyms ("eucalyptus" is a substance of...):

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

A tree of the genus Eucalyptus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

eucalypt; eucalyptus; eucalyptus tree

Hypernyms ("eucalyptus" is a kind of...):

gum; gum tree (any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum)

Meronyms (substance of "eucalyptus"):

eucalyptus (wood of any of various eucalyptus trees valued as timber)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "eucalyptus"):

flooded gum (any of several Australian gum trees growing on moist or alluvial soil)

Eucalyptus viminalis; manna gum (tall tree yielding a false manna)

Eucalyptus regnans; mountain ash (tree having wood similar to the alpine ash; tallest tree in Australia and tallest hardwood in the world)

Eucalyptus citriodora; Eucalyptus maculata citriodora; lemon-scented gum (similar to but smaller than the spotted gum and having lemon-scented leaves)

Eucalyptus maculata; spotted gum (large gum tree with mottled bark)

Eucalypt ovata; swamp gum (medium-sized tree of southern Australia)

blue gum; Eucalyptus globulus; fever tree (tall fast-growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil; young leaves are bluish)

Eucalyptus fraxinoides; white mountain ash (large tree with dark compact bark on lower trunk but smooth and white above; yields lumber similar to that of European or American ashes)

alpine ash; Eucalyptus delegatensis; mountain oak (tall timber tree with hard heavy pinkish or light brown wood)

Eucalyptus coriacea; Eucalyptus pauciflora; ghost gum; snow gum; white ash (small to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or strips)

Eucalyptus camphora; mountain swamp gum (medium-sized swamp gum of New South Wales and Victoria)

Eucalyptus camaldulensis; Eucalyptus rostrata; river gum; river red gum (somewhat crooked red gum tree growing chiefly along rivers; has durable reddish lumber used in heavy construction)

Eucalyptus calophylla; marri; red gum (very large red gum tree)

Eucalyptus amygdalina; peppermint; peppermint gum; red gum (red gum tree of Tasmania)

smoothbark (any of several Australian eucalypts having the bark smooth except at or near the base of the trunk)

stringybark (any of several Australian eucalypts having fibrous inner bark)

mallee (any of several low-growing Australian eucalypts)

Holonyms ("eucalyptus" is a member of...):

genus Eucalyptus (tall trees native to the Australian region; source of timber and medicinal oils from the aromatic leaves)

 Context examples 

Eucalyptus oil is used for its aromatic properties and as an ingredient in pharmaceutical and industrial applications.

(Eucalyptus Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

Bushfires are a common and deadly threat in Australia's hot, dry summers, fueled by highly flammable eucalyptus trees.

(Australian Wildfires Destroy Homes, Kill Cattle as Hundreds of People Flee, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The state of Minas Gerais ranks second, with 7,410 hectares deforested, most of which in the north—an area known for the devastation of its native vegetation for the production of coal and the growing of eucalyptus.

(Brazilian Atlantic Forest deforestation up nearly 60% in a year, Agência Brasil)