Eucalyptus

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bloodwood \Blood"wood\, n. (Bot.)
     A tree having the wood or the sap of the color of blood.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Norfolk Island bloodwood is a euphorbiaceous tree
           ({Baloghia lucida}), from which the sap is collected


           for use as a plant. Various other trees have the name,
           chiefly on account of the color of the wood, as
           {Gordonia H[ae]matoxylon} of Jamaica, and several
           species of Australian {Eucalyptus}; also the true
           logwood ({ H[ae]matoxylon campechianum}).
           [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Eucalyptus \Eu`ca*lyp"tus\, n. [NL., from Gr. e'y^ well, good +
     ? covered. The buds of Eucalyptus have a hemispherical or
     conical covering, which falls off at anthesis.] (Bot.)
     A myrtaceous genus of trees, mostly Australian. Many of them
     grow to an immense height, one or two species exceeding the
     height even of the California Sequoia.
  
     Syn: eucalyptus tree, gum tree, eucalypt. [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: They have rigid, entire leaves with one edge turned
           toward the zenith. Most of them secrete resinous gums,
           whence they called {gum trees}, and their timber is of
           great value. {Eucalyptus Globulus} is the blue gum; {E.
           gigantea}, the stringy bark: {E. amygdalina}, the
           peppermint tree. {E. Gunnii}, the Tasmanian cider tree,
           yields a refreshing drink from wounds made in the bark
           in the spring. Other species yield oils, tars, acids,
           dyes and tans. It is said that miasmatic valleys in
           Algeria and Portugal, and a part of the unhealthy Roman
           Campagna, have been made more salubrious by planting
           groves of these trees.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  eucalyptus
       n 1: wood of any of various eucalyptus trees valued as timber
       2: a tree of the genus Eucalyptus [syn: {eucalypt}, {eucalyptus
          tree}]
       [also: {eucalypti} (pl)]