"black gum" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: black gums [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} black gum (plural black gums)
  1. A tree native to eastern North America, Nyssa sylvatica. Categories (lifeform): Cornales order plants Synonyms: black tupelo, pepperidge, sour gum Synonyms (tree): blackgum Translations (Nyssa sylvatica): tupelo (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-black_gum-en-noun-S7Z2rg-H Disambiguation of Cornales order plants: 64 14 20 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 15 30 1 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 55 15 27 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 15 28 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 14 26 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 61 13 22 4 Disambiguation of 'tree': 48 26 26 0 Disambiguation of 'Nyssa sylvatica': 72 10 18 0
  2. Certain eucalyptus trees of Australia
    Eucalyptus aggregata, of south eastern Australia
    Sense id: en-black_gum-en-noun-iPrw-c8C
  3. Certain eucalyptus trees of Australia
    Eucalyptus ovata, of south eastern Australia
    Synonyms: blue-leaf sally, large-flower swamp gum, Marrawah gum, swamp gum, white gum
    Sense id: en-black_gum-en-noun-Rv-lUEGx
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, gum.
    Sense id: en-black_gum-en-noun-fR7Sjjpu

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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