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- reddish-brown dried gummy exudation from any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus especially Eucalyptus camaldulensis
- reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture
- red gum tree of Tasmania
- a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap
- very large red gum tree
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- The trees are known as Sydney red gum or snooze bark apple and if left to grow naturally would have tall thin trunks with a high canopy that would not hinder views.
- a few currajong-trees of the order of Sterculias, some grass-trees, quandong, or native peach, Fusanus, a kind of sandal-wood, and the red gum or blood-wood-trees; the latter always grows upon ground as high as it can get, and therefore ornaments the tops of the sandhills, while all the first-named trees frequent the lower ground between them. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated,
- Lapping against the ship's immense, rust-coloured flanks is a rippling sea of undulating hills covered with callitris pines and guttered by creeks lined with river red gums.
- Well, I got a 50% by running through it so quickly that I tapped the wrong button about three times ... these questions are frequently the equivalent of asking whether a certain ballplayer preferred gum or chaw. So You Think You Know Horror Movies?
- For making gold lacker, put into a clean 4 gallon tin 1 lb. ground turmeric, 1-1/2 oz. powdered gamboge, 3-1/2 lbs. powdered gum sandrack, 3/4 lb. Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets
- ‘The park has a number of tree species including snakewood, bloodwoods, river red gums and cajeputs (a paperbark) and biological surveys have revealed a large suite of native mammals including the northern quoll and several smaller species as well as a range of native rodents,’ she said.
- Other symptoms of poisonings in children who were treated with mercurous chloride for constipation, worms, or teething discomfort included swollen red gums, excessive salivation, weight loss, diarrhea and/or abdominal pain, and muscle twitching or cramping in the legs and/or arms. Public Health Statement for Mercury
- Today, instead of sending hired gumshoes after cheating husbands and wives, we can turn our homes into high-tech surveillance staging grounds.
- They're coffee-flavoured gums and each one is equivalent to a half a cup of coffee - itself a pretty crude nootropic. Times, Sunday Times
- Using a drop of white craft glue, attach peppermint candies or gummy bears instead of red gumdrops among the green gumdrops.
