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GHOST GUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ghost gum mean? 

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

1. small to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or stripsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GHOST GUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or strips

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Eucalyptus coriacea; Eucalyptus pauciflora; ghost gum; snow gum; white ash

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

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


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