English Dictionary

FLOODED GUM

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does flooded gum mean? 

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

1. any of several Australian gum trees growing on moist or alluvial soilplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


FLOODED GUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several Australian gum trees growing on moist or alluvial soil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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

Eucalypt grandis; rose gum (very tall tree of Queensland and New South Wales)

cider gum; Eucalypt gunnii (small to medium-sized tree of Tasmania)

Eucalypt tereticornis; forest red gum (tall tree of Queensland and New South Wales and Victoria)


 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"It's a good horse that never stumbles." (English proverb)

"Who does not work, is heavy to the earth." (Albanian proverb)

"Measure seven times, cut once." (Armenian proverb)

"Who seeds wind, shall harvest storm." (Dutch proverb)



ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact