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Webster 1913 Edition


gum tree

gum′ treeˊ

Noun.
Any tree that exudes a gum,
such as:
(a)
The black gum (
Nyssa multiflora
), one of the largest trees of the Southern States, bearing a small blue fruit, the favorite food of the opossum. Most of the large trees become hollow.
(b)
A tree of the genus
Eucalyptus
; a eucalypt. See
Eucalpytus.
(c)
The sweet gum tree of the United States (
Liquidambar styraciflua
), a large and beautiful tree with pointedly lobed leaves and woody burlike fruit. It exudes an aromatic terebinthine juice.
(d)
The sour gum tree.