Meaning of swamp gum | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any of various species of Eucalyptus native to Australia.
2. Eucalyptus bensonii (mountain swamp gum)
3. Eucalyptus camphora (mountain swamp gum)
4. Eucalyptus ovata
5. Eucalyptus regnans
6. Eucalyptus rudis
7. Either of two species of Nyssa native to the southeast United States.
8. Nyssa aquaticus (water tupelo)
9. Nyssa biflora (swamp tupelo)

Examples

“Two years before, under the swamp-gum in their Mosman garden, away from the children's ears, they had talked of separating […].”

“This area was formerly covered by cypress but this is now replaced by a dense growth of swamp gum, swamp maple and similar trees, closely interwoven with Smilax and Toxicodendron, forming an impenetrable tangle […]”

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