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yellow gum en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (Australia) Any of various plants which produce a yellow resin, some of which are used medicinally: ▸ Any of various plants of eastern Australia, especially Xanthorrhoea resinosa and Eucalyptus leucoxylon; also (obsolete) the resin itself.
    • ‘See that yellow gum with the double trunk,’ says Jack, pointing, ‘remember him.’ 1999, Julia Leigh, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 13
  2. Any of various plants which produce a yellow resin, some of which are used medicinally: ▸ Trees of genus Nyssa, of North America and Asia.
  3. (Scotland) Melena or black jaundice in infants.

Synonyms

icterus infantum