blackbutt

English

Etymology

From black +‎ butt.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈblakbʌt/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

blackbutt (plural blackbutts)

1. (chiefly Australia) Any of several Australian eucalyptus trees with a dark fibrous bark towards the base of the trunk, especially Eucalyptus pilularis, but also Eucalyptus zopherophloia and Eucalyptus todtiana.
   • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 169:

     Bothered by the conviction of making no impression on her, he pulled up at a strip of road shaded by tall spotted gums, blackbutt, and honeysuckle, and produced a packet of cigarettes. "About time for a smoke-O," he said, "Have a fag, Cora.'

   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 175:

     I cut new timber with my saw and inhaled the sweet sour smell of blackbutt.

References

• blackbutt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia