Found 3 hits - Term: eucalyptus, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bloodwood \blood"wood\, n. bot.
a tree having the wood or the sap of the color of blood.
1913 webster
note: norfolk island bloodwood is a euphorbiaceous tree
baloghia lucida, from which the sap is collected
for use as a plant. various other trees have the name,
chiefly on account of the color of the wood, as
gordonia haematoxylon of jamaica, and several
species of australian eucalyptus; also the true
logwood haematoxylon campechianum.
1913 webster
see also:
baloghia lucida gordonia haematoxylon eucalyptus haematoxylon campechianum
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
eucalyptus \eu`calyp"tus\, n. nl., from gr. e'y^ well, good +
? 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. 1913 webster
note: 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.
1913 webster
see also:
gum trees eucalyptus globulus e. gigantea e. amygdalina e. gunnii
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
eucalyptus
n 1: wood of any of various eucalyptus trees valued as timber
2: a tree of the genus eucalyptus syn: eucalypt, eucalyptus
tree
also: eucalypti pl
see also:
eucalypt eucalyptus tree eucalypti
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