NOUN
- somewhat crooked red gum tree growing chiefly along rivers; has durable reddish lumber used in heavy construction
How To Use river gum In A Sentence
- On the plains, the banks of rivers and billabongs were festooned with tall reeds and wild tangles of coolabah, swamp oak and river gum roots.
- Date palms, planted originally by Afghan camel drivers in the late 1800s, have now almost overtaken the natural vegetation of pale cajeputs and pretty river gums.
- Mitchell grass and red river gums (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) extend further west along the Darling River. Southeast Australia temperate savanna