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Eucalyptus Common

Eucalyptus has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

wood of any of various eucalyptus trees valued as timber

"The construction crew harvested fresh eucalyptus for its durable timber to build the new fence."

2

a tree of the genus Eucalyptus

"The farmer planted rows of eucalyptus along the riverbank to prevent soil erosion."

3

Any of many trees, of genus Eucalyptus, native mainly to Australia.

"The gardener planted several eucalyptus saplings in the backyard after reading that they are native mainly to Australia."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
wood gum tree
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
flooded gum mallee stringybark smoothbark red gum river red gum mountain swamp gum snow gum alpine ash white mountain ash blue gum swamp gum spotted gum lemon-scented gum mountain ash manna gum
Rhyming Words
tus btus otus situs ictus lotus ortus potus altus motus fœtus artus titus latus vitus tutus fetus fætus aotus shtus
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