"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: 60 17 21 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 15 29 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 73 9 16 2 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 62 13 22 2 Disambiguation of 'tree': 48 26 26 0 Disambiguation of 'Nyssa sylvatica': 71 12 17 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

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