red gum

See also: redgum and red-gum

English

Etymology 1

Noun

red gum (plural red gums)

  1. Any of several species of trees found in Australia:
    1. Corymbia calophylla (marri), native to Western Australia, with red gum effusions.
    2. Eucalyptus camaldulensis (Murray red gum, river red gum), a eucalyptus tree with red wood.
    3. Eucalyptus macrorhyncha (red stringybark, Cannon's stringybark, capertee stringybark)
    4. Eucalyptus tereticornis (forest red gum), with red wood.
  2. A tree of the hazel family, of species Liquidambar styraciflua, found in North America.
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Etymology 2

Alteration (due to gum) of earlier red gown, reed gounde, from Middle English redgownd, redgound, radegound, radegund, equivalent to red +‎ gound.

Noun

red gum

  1. Alternative form of red-gum (“strophulus”).

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