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eucalypt

eucalypt

English

Noun

eucalypt (plural eucalypts)

  1. Any tree of the genus Eucalyptus.
    • 2009 January 31, David McMahon, “My brush with flames”, in Herald Sun:
      I know each is caused by the fire accelerating rapidly up the valley, consuming everything in its path and travelling swiftly up to the crowns of the tall gums and eucalypts.
  2. Any tree of the related and similar genera Corymbia and Angophora.