Eucalyptus regnans
- noun
- Australian
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eucalipto regnans
- The Eucalyptus regnans is renowned for reaching heights over 90 meters in the forests of Victoria.
Examples
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Many conservationists work to protect the remaining old-growth Eucalyptus regnans trees.
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Timber from the Eucalyptus regnans is highly valued for construction purposes in Australia.
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The Eucalyptus regnans can grow over 100 meters tall.
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Have you ever seen a Eucalyptus regnans in the wild?
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Many conservationists work to protect the remaining old-growth Eucalyptus regnans trees.
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The Eucalyptus regnans is renowned for reaching heights over 90 meters in the forests of Victoria.
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Timber from the Eucalyptus regnans is highly valued for construction purposes in Australia.
Synonyms
A very tall Australian tree with strong wood often used for furniture and building
How Tall
Surface Forms
Morphology
eucalyptus + regnans
This is a scientific binomial (genus + species): 'Eucalyptus' clearly signals a type of eucalyptus tree, so a learner who knows 'eucalyptus' will understand it refers to a particular kind of eucalyptus. Although the Latin species epithet 'regnans' is not lexically transparent to a B1 learner, the genus+epithet naming convention is cross-linguistically recognizable, making the phrase compositionally transparent as a species name.
Etymology
Eucalyptus regnans comes from Greek and Latin words that paint a simple picture: Eucalyptus refers to the flower bud being 'well covered' and regnans means 'ruling' or 'reigning'. So the name helps you remember the tree's covered buds and how it 'rules' the forest as one of the tallest trees.