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BLACK GUM

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small mallee with rough dark-colored bark toward the butt; yields a red eucalyptus kino gum

Synonyms:

black gum; black mallee; black sally; Eucalytus stellulata

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

mallee (any of several low-growing Australian eucalypts)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall

Synonyms:

black gum; Nyssa sylvatica; pepperidge; sour gum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

tupelo; tupelo tree (any of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America)

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