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red gum
1red gum
2noun
- any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus, especially E. camaldulensis, having smooth, gray bark.
- the hard, reddish wood of this tree, used for making railroad ties, fence posts, etc.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of red gum1
First recorded in 1590–1610; from earlier red gowm, red gown, alteration of Middle English radegund, redgoun(d) “red pus”
Origin of red gum2
First recorded in 1780–90; red 1( def ) + gum (tree) ( def )
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Example Sentences
It went out of sight, it and its rider, round the bend where the red gum lay.
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In the dysentery, the red gum of the tree which principally abounds on this coast, was found a very powerful remedy.
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The rival of the red gum as a timber tree is the jarrah, an eucalypt peculiar to Western Australia, where it grows in forests.
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Of the other gums the pride of place must be awarded to the noble Eucalpytus rostrata, or red gum of the colonists.
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Their bullock-drays were often bogged in Elizabeth Street, and they made a corduroy crossing over it with red gum logs.
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