flooded gum
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flooded gum (countable and uncountable, plural flooded gums)
- (Australia) Any of several eucalypts that flourish in damp soil, especially Eucalyptus grandis and Eucalyptus rudis.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 384:
- There were no locks on the door and you could get an education or work in the bush planting flooded gum.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 384:
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