black gum
noun
1 black gum
Columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall.
synonyms: Nyssa sylvatica, pepperidge, sour gum.
Dutch: Pepperidge
2 black gum
A small mallee with rough dark-colored bark toward the butt; yields a red eucalyptus kino gum.
synonyms: black mallee, black sally, Eucalytus stellulata.
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