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RED GUM

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

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

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Nouns denoting plants

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

hazelwood; red gum; satin walnut; sweet gum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

Red gum tree of Tasmania

Synonyms:

Eucalyptus amygdalina; peppermint; peppermint gum; red gum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Sense 4

Meaning:

Very large red gum tree

Synonyms:

Eucalyptus calophylla; marri; red gum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Sense 5

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

eucalyptus gum; eucalyptus kino; red gum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

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