EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Eucalyptus globulus mean? 

• EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS (noun)
  The noun EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS (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 ("Eucalyptus globulus" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

The scientific name is Eucalyptus globulus.

(Eucalyptus, NCI Dictionary)