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GHOST GUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ghost gum mean?
• GHOST GUM (noun)
The noun GHOST GUM has 1 sense:
1. small to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or strips
Familiarity information: GHOST GUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or strips
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Eucalyptus coriacea; Eucalyptus pauciflora; ghost gum; snow gum; white ash
Hypernyms ("ghost gum" is a kind of...):
eucalypt; eucalyptus; eucalyptus tree (a tree of the genus Eucalyptus)
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