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Webster 1913 Edition
Eucalyptus
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Euˊca-lyp′tus
,Noun.
[NL., from Gr.
εὖ
well, good + [GREEK] covered. The buds of Eucalyptus have a hemispherical or conical covering, which falls off at anthesis.] (Bot.)
A myrtaceous genus of trees, mostly Australian. Many of them grow to an immense height, one or two species exceeding the height even of the California Sequoia.
Syn. – eucalyptus tree, gum tree, eucalypt.
☞ They have rigid, entire leaves with one edge turned toward the zenith. Most of them secrete resinous gums, whence they called
gum trees
, and their timber is of great value. Eucalyptus Globulus
is the blue gum; E. gigantea
, the stringy bark: E. amygdalina
, the peppermint tree. E. Gunnii
, the Tasmanian cider tree, yields a refreshing drink from wounds made in the bark in the spring. Other species yield oils, tars, acids, dyes and tans. It is said that miasmatic valleys in Algeria and Portugal, and a part of the unhealthy Roman Campagna, have been made more salubrious by planting groves of these trees. Definition 2024
Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus
See also: eucalyptus
Translingual
Eucalyptus obliqua trunks
Proper noun
Eucalyptus f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Myrtaceae – a group of trees native to and widespread in Australia, also native to nearby islands, as far north as the Philippines.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids II - clades; Myrtales - order; Myrtaceae - family; Eucalypteae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Eucalyptus obliqua (messmate) - type species; Eucalyptus deglupta (rainbow eucalyptus), Eucalyptus cinerea (stringybark), Eucalyptus regnans (mountain ash, swamp gum), Eucalyptus camaldulensis (red gum), Eucalyptus stellulata, (black sallee), Eucalyptus mitchelliana (buffalo sallee), Eucalyptus moorei (white sallee), Eucalyptus pauciflora (white sallee), Eucalyptus marginata (jarrah), Eucalyptus microtheca (coolibah), Eucalyptus globulus (blue gum, Tasmanian blue gum), Eucalyptus ovata (swamp gum), Eucalyptus rudis (swamp gum), Eucalyptus bensonii (mountain swamp gum), Eucalyptus camphora (mountain swamp gum) - selected species
Coordinate terms
Translations
a type of tree
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See also
eucalyptus
eucalyptus
See also: Eucalyptus
English
Eucalyptus rubida
Noun
eucalyptus (plural eucalypti or eucalyptuses)
- Any of many trees, of genus Eucalyptus, native mainly to Australia.
- A greenish colour, like that of a eucalyptus.
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eucalyptus colour:
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Synonyms
Translations
any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
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Derived terms
French
Etymology
(1788) Coined by Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle from Ancient Greek εὖ (eû) + καλυπτός (kaluptós, “covered”), from καλύπτω (kalúptō, “I cover”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): ø.ka.lip.tys
- Hyphenation: eu‧ca‧lyp‧tus
Noun
eucalyptus m (plural eucalyptus)
- eucalyptus