Eucalyptus
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See also: eucalyptus
Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]New Latin eucalyptus, from Ancient Greek εὖ (eû, “well”) + καλυπτός (kaluptós, “covered”), from καλύπτω (kalúptō, “I cover”).
Proper noun
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- A taxonomic genus within the family Myrtaceae – a group of trees native to and widespread in Australia, also native to nearby islands, as far north as the Philippines.
- A taxonomic subgenus within the genus Eucalyptus – Eucalyptus subg. Eucalyptus.
- A taxonomic section within the subgenus Eucalyptus – Eucalyptus sect. Eucalyptus.
- A taxonomic series within the section Eucalyptus – Eucalyptus ser. Eucalyptus.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids – clades; Myrtales – order; Myrtaceae – family; Eucalypteae – tribe
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Eucalyptus obliqua (messmate) – type species;, Eucalyptus bensonii (mountain swamp gum), Eucalyptus camaldulensis (river red gum), Eucalyptus camphora (mountain swamp gum), Eucalyptus cinerea (stringybark), Eucalyptus deglupta (rainbow eucalyptus), Eucalyptus globulus (blue gum, Tasmanian blue gum), Eucalyptus marginata (jarrah), Eucalyptus microtheca (coolibah), Eucalyptus mitchelliana (buffalo sallee), Eucalyptus moorei (white sallee), Eucalyptus nitens (shining gum, silvertop), Eucalyptus ovata (swamp gum), Eucalyptus pauciflora (white sallee), Eucalyptus regnans (mountain ash, swamp gum), Eucalyptus rudis (swamp gum), Eucalyptus stellulata, (black sallee), Eucalyptus yumbarrana (Yumbarra mallee) – selected species; see also stringybark and List of Eucalyptus species on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Coordinate terms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]a type of tree
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Eucalyptus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Eucalyptus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Eucalyptus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Eucalyptus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Eucalyptus at Tropicos
- Eucalyptus at The Plant List