RED GUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does red gum mean? 

• RED GUM (noun)
  The noun RED GUM has 5 senses:

1. reddish-brown dried gummy exudation from any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus especially Eucalyptus camaldulensis

2. very large red gum tree

3. red gum tree of Tasmania

4. reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture

5. a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap

  Familiarity information: RED GUM used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RED GUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reddish-brown dried gummy exudation from any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus especially Eucalyptus camaldulensis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

eucalyptus gum; eucalyptus kino; red gum

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

gum (any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying)

Holonyms ("red gum" is a substance of...):

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Very large red gum tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Eucalyptus calophylla; marri; red gum

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

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

Red gum tree of Tasmania

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Eucalyptus amygdalina; peppermint; peppermint gum; red gum

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

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

Sense 4

Meaning:

Reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

hazelwood; red gum; satin walnut; sweet gum

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

gum; gumwood (wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American sweet gum; bilsted; Liquidambar styraciflua; red gum; sweet gum; sweet gum tree

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

liquidambar (any tree of the genus Liquidambar)

Meronyms (substance of "red gum"):

liquidambar; sweet gum (aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree)

Holonyms ("red gum" is a member of...):

genus Liquidambar; Liquidambar (sweet gum)

 Context examples 

So I looked at it directly, and, 'Lord! my dear,' says I, 'it is nothing in the world, but the red gum—' and nurse said just the same.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

But Charlotte, she would not be satisfied, so Mr. Donavan was sent for; and luckily he happened to just come in from Harley Street, so he stepped over directly, and as soon as ever Mama, he said just as we did, that it was nothing in the world but the red gum, and then Charlotte was easy.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)