eucalyptus

From French eucalyptus.

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• Rhymes: -ɪptəs
• IPA^(key): /ˌjuːkəˈlɪptəs/

eucalyptus (plural eucalypti or eucalyptuses)

1. Any of many trees, of genus Eucalyptus, native mainly to Australia.

   Synonyms: gum tree, eucalypt

   Hyponyms: gum, mallee, stringybark, ironbark, blackbutt, yate, yellow box

2. A greenish colour, like that of a eucalyptus leaves.

   eucalyptus:  

• (tree): box, gimlet

• eucalyptus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Coined by Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle in 1788 from Ancient Greek εὖ (eû, “well”) + καλυπτός (kaluptós, “covered”), from καλύπτω (kalúptō, “I cover”).

• IPA^(key): /ø.ka.lip.tys/
• Hyphenation: eu‧ca‧lyp‧tus

eucalyptus m (plural eucalyptus)

1. eucalyptus

• eucalyptus citronné

• → Catalan: eucaliptus
• → English: eucalyptus

• “eucalyptus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.