red gum

See also: redgum and red-gum

English

sawn wood of a river red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis)

Etymology 1

Noun

red gum (plural red gums)

1. Any of several species of trees found in Australia:
   1. Corymbia calophylla (marri), native to Western Australia, with red gum effusions.
   2. Eucalyptus camaldulensis (Murray red gum, river red gum), a eucalyptus tree with red wood.
   3. Eucalyptus macrorhyncha (red stringybark, Cannon's stringybark, capertee stringybark)
   4. Eucalyptus tereticornis (forest red gum), with red wood.
2. Liquidambar styraciflua, a tree of the hazel family, found in North America.

Synonyms

• (Eucalyptus camaldulensis): river red gum
• (Liquidambar): sweet gum, sweet gum-tree

Derived terms

• forest red gum
• Murray red gum
• river red gum

Etymology 2

Alteration (due to gum) of earlier red gown, reed gounde, from Middle English redgownd, redgound, radegound, radegund, equivalent to red +‎ gound.

Noun

red gum

1. Alternative form of red-gum (“strophulus”)

Further reading

• red gum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Liquidambar styraciflua on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Eucalyptus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Corymbia calophylla on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Liquidambar at USDA Plants database
• Eucalyptus at USDA Plants database