"ghost gum" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ghost gums [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ghost gum (plural ghost gums)
  1. Any of various Australian evergreen trees of the genus Corymbia, especially Corymbia papuana. Categories (lifeform): Eucalypts

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