gum tree

2 definitions found

gum tree - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  gum tree \gum" tree`\ n.
     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.
         [1913 Webster]

gum tree - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  gum tree
      n 1: any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or
           Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum [syn: gum tree
           , gum]