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RIVER RED GUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Somewhat crooked red gum tree growing chiefly along rivers; has durable reddish lumber used in heavy construction
Synonyms:
Eucalyptus camaldulensis; Eucalyptus rostrata; river gum; river red gum
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Hypernyms ("river red gum" is a kind of...):
eucalypt; eucalyptus; eucalyptus tree (a tree of the genus Eucalyptus)
Meronyms (substance of "river red gum"):
eucalyptus gum; eucalyptus kino; red gum (reddish-brown dried gummy exudation from any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus especially Eucalyptus camaldulensis)