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black gum
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As a noun, black gum means columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall.
Meanings of black gum
2 meaningsnoun
Columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fallplant
Similar: sour gum, pepperidge, Nyssa sylvaticaA small mallee with rough dark-colored bark toward the butt; yields a red eucalyptus kino gumplant
Similar: black mallee, black sally, Eucalyptus stellulata
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Synonyms by meaning
All synonyms for black gum →noun: columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal …
sour gumpepperidgeNyssa sylvatica
noun: a small mallee with rough dark-colored bark toward the bu…
black malleeblack sallyEucalyptus stellulata