red gum : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: red gum	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for red gum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
red gum n reddish-brown dried gummy exudation from any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus especially Eucalyptus camaldulensis Synonym(s): eucalyptus gum, eucalyptus kino, red gum very large red gum tree Synonym(s): red gum, marri, Eucalyptus calophylla red gum tree of Tasmania Synonym(s): red gum, peppermint, peppermint gum, Eucalyptus amygdalina reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture Synonym(s): sweet gum, satin walnut, hazelwood, red gum a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap Synonym(s): sweet gum, sweet gum tree, bilsted, red gum, American sweet gum, Liquidambar styraciflua
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Red chalk}. See under {Chalk}. {Red copper} (Min.), red oxide of copper; cuprite. {Red coral} (Zo[94]l.), the precious coral ({Corallium rubrum}). See Illusts. of {Coral} and {Gorgonlacea}. {Red cross}. The cross of St. George, the national emblem of the English. (b) The Geneva cross. See {Geneva convention}, and {Geneva cross}, under {Geneva}. {Red currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}. {Red deer}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common stag ({Cervus elaphus}), native of the forests of the temperate parts of Europe and Asia. It is very similar to the American elk, or wapiti. (b) The Virginia deer. See {Deer}. {Red duck} (Zo[94]l.), a European reddish brown duck ({Fuligula nyroca}); -- called also {ferruginous duck}. {Red ebony}. (Bot.) See {Grenadillo}. {Red empress} (Zo[94]l.), a butterfly. See {Tortoise shell}. {Red fir} (Bot.), a coniferous tree ({Pseudotsuga Douglasii}) found from British Columbia to Texas, and highly valued for its durable timber. The name is sometimes given to other coniferous trees, as the Norway spruce and the American {Abies magnifica} and {A. nobilis}. {Red fire}. (Pyrotech.) See {Blue fire}, under {Fire}. {Red flag}. See under {Flag}. {Red fox} (Zo[94]l.), the common American fox ({Vulpes fulvus}), which is usually reddish in color. {Red grouse} (Zo[94]l.), the Scotch grouse, or ptarmigan. See under {Ptarmigan}. {Red gum}, [or] {Red gum-tree} (Bot.), a name given to eight Australian species of {Eucalyptus} ({Eucalyptus amygdalina}, {resinifera}, etc.) which yield a reddish gum resin. See {Eucalyptus}. {Red hand} (Her.), a left hand appaum[82], fingers erect, borne on an escutcheon, being the mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; -- called also {Badge of Ulster}. {Red herring}, the common herring dried and smoked.