cider gum

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cider gum (plural cider gums)

  1. (Australia) Any of various eucalypts, especially the Tasmanian tree Eucalyptus gunnii, which has a sweet, drinkable sap. [from 19th c.]
    • 1999, Julia Leigh, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 14:
      An hour passes before the first sign of any prior trip appears […] . Then, not far on, a black blaze on a cider gum trunk.

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