gum
- noun
- /ɡʌm/
- Finally, we stood on the banks of the creek where there were gums, poplars, and cypresses.
- a gum tree
- sweet gum
- red gum
He's been busy putting up lights on like feature plants of ours, like this gum tree, this beautiful grass tree with multiple heads.
- He's been busy putting up lights on like feature plants of ours, like this gum tree, this beautiful grass tree with multiple heads.
Examples
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The May Cottage overlooked the Jamison Valley—the gum trees, the streams, the ancient stone pillars.
Fiction book (2001) -
Common trees in the forest are red maple, green ash, sweet gum, and American elm.
Academic text (1998) -
Immediately, he slipped behind a sweet gum and dropped to his stomach.
Fiction book (1995) -
He'd come at night to collect the gum and leave.
Academic text (2011) -
Gum trees, dirt, the smell of the great Australian bush.
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One of my very favorite trees is the Slender Silhouette sweet gum here.
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A shrubby black gum that is found nowhere else sometimes grows in the cypress dome.
Academic text (1991) -
Trees shade the bog during the growing season: sweet gums, river birches, swamp bays, swamp chestnut oaks, and bald cypresses.
Academic text (1993) -
The sweet smell of eucalyptus gum filled the air as we walked through the forest.
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In spring, the gum trees produce a resin that attracts various wildlife and insects.
Synonyms
A tree that makes a sticky, sweet-smelling sap like eucalyptus
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A powder from guar seeds used to thicken foods and help make paper and cloth
A small round piece of chewing gum with a hard colored sugar coating often sold in vending machines
- Specialized
A sticky natural substance from the acacia tree used to thicken foods, candies, and medicines
A North American tree with spiky round seed balls and sweet-smelling sap and red leaves in autumn
- UK
A tall fast-growing eucalyptus tree with bluish young leaves used for timber and medicine
- Specialized
A tall tree in eastern North America with horizontal branches and bright red autumn leaves
- Australian
A small Australian eucalyptus tree with rough dark bark at the base and red sap
- Specialized
A skin rash around the lips after chewing bubble gum with artificial colors or flavors
- Specialized
A sticky substance that comes from cherry tree bark and is used to make food thicker
- Australian
A small to medium tree from Tasmania grown for its sweet sap and as a garden tree
A Mediterranean shrub with white flowers and sticky leaves that produce fragrant sap used in perfume
- Specialized
A hard sticky substance from trees in Africa used to make varnish and glue
- Archaic
A yellow sticky substance from some Australian trees used to make varnishes and paper
A North American tree with star-shaped leaves, spiky round fruit, and sticky fragrant sap
- Australian
A reddish-brown sticky substance from eucalyptus bark used in medicine and food
- Specialized
A red or black sticky substance from tropical trees that people use to tan leather and treat wounds
- Australian
A tall Australian tree with smooth bark and a strong lemon smell from its leaves
- Australian
A tall Australian eucalyptus tree whose bark gives a sweet sticky substance
- Specialized
A natural sticky sweet substance from mesquite tree pods used in food and products
- Australian
A medium-sized eucalyptus tree that grows in swampy mountain areas in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia
- Indian
A natural sticky substance from the dhawa tree used to thicken food and other products
- Australian
A small or medium tree from Australia and Tasmania with smooth pale bark that peels in strips
- Specialized
A natural sticky substance from acacia trees used to thicken food and medicine
- Australian
A sticky natural substance from some Australian trees that makers use for varnish and paper
- Specialized
A bitter, strong-smelling gum that people use in traditional medicine and as a spice
- Specialized
A sticky, fragrant substance from a plant used in medicine and to make varnish
- Specialized
A sticky substance from some tropical trees that people use to make varnish and incense
- Specialized
A fragrant resin from trees used in perfumes and to soothe irritated skin
- Specialized
A sticky substance from trees with a sweet scent used to protect skin and scent perfumes and incense
- Indian
A dried sticky juice from the dhak tree used in medicine to help red, sore skin
- Specialized
A hard pale material from certain trees used in varnish, incense, and to make paint shiny
- Specialized
A natural stretchy material from tree sap used to make rubber things like tires or tubing
- Specialized
A bitter brown plant gum once used in medicine and now used mainly for animals
- Specialized
A reddish sticky substance from tropical trees used to make leather and as a medicine
- Specialized
A thick sticky substance from rockrose bushes that helps perfume keep its smell
- Specialized
A thick sticky substance from some trees that people burn to make a pleasant smell and use in perfume
- Specialized
A western American plant with sticky leaves sometimes used as medicine but poisonous to animals
- Specialized
A sticky natural substance from trees used to make medicines, varnish, and incense
- Specialized
A sticky material that insects make in Madagascar and people use for varnish and dye
- Specialized
A sticky natural gum from an Asian tree used to thicken food and cosmetics and to make fabrics smooth
- New Zealand
A hard sticky substance from kauri trees in New Zealand used to make varnish and linoleum
- Australian
A tall Australian tree with crooked branches that grows by rivers and has strong reddish wood
- Australian
A large Australian tree with hard red wood used for building that grows along rivers
- Australian
A very tall eucalyptus tree from eastern Australia grown for its strong wood and for parks
- Specialized
A natural gum from trees called acacia near the Senegal River used to thicken or stabilize food and medicines
- Australian
A medium-sized tree from southern Australia that grows in damp or swampy places
- Australian
A small Australian or Tasmanian tree with smooth light coloured bark that peels in strips
- US
A tree that loses its leaves in autumn and has bright red leaves and small blue berries
- Specialized
A group of related trees that make flowers and fruit, like the sour gum tree
- Specialized
A sticky substance from Asian Sterculia trees used to thicken food, cosmetics, and cloth
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gum for a tree comes from the sticky sap those trees make, and in places like Australia the name stuck to eucalypts that 'bleed' resin. That's why a 'gum' tree is a tree known for its sticky sap.