red gum

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [red guhm]
- /rɛd gʌm/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [red guhm]
- /rɛd gʌm/

Definitions of red gum words

noun red gum strophulus. 1
noun red gum any of several Australian myrtaceous trees of the genus Eucalyptus, esp E. camaldulensis, which has reddish wood 0
noun red gum the hard red wood from this tree, used for making railway sleepers, posts, etc 0
noun red gum any of several Australian eucalyptus trees 0
noun red gum the wood of any of these trees 0
noun red gum sweet gum (sense 1) sweet gum (sense 2) 0

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Origin of red gum

First appearance:

before 1780

One of the 45% newest English words

First recorded in 1780-90

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Parts of speech for Red gum

noun

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red gum popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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