Eucalyptus

See also: eucalyptus

Translingual

Eucalyptus obliqua trunks

Etymology

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Proper noun

Eucalyptus f

A taxonomic genus within the family Myrtaceae – a group of trees native to and widespread in Australia, also native to nearby islands, as far north as the Philippines.

Hypernyms

(genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids II - clades; Myrtales - order; Myrtaceae - family; Eucalypteae - tribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Eucalyptus obliqua (messmate) - type species; Eucalyptus deglupta (rainbow eucalyptus), Eucalyptus cinerea (stringybark), Eucalyptus regnans (mountain ash, swamp gum), Eucalyptus camaldulensis (red gum), Eucalyptus stellulata, (black sallee), Eucalyptus mitchelliana (buffalo sallee), Eucalyptus moorei (white sallee), Eucalyptus pauciflora (white sallee), Eucalyptus marginata (jarrah), Eucalyptus microtheca (coolibah), Eucalyptus globulus (blue gum, Tasmanian blue gum), Eucalyptus ovata (swamp gum), Eucalyptus rudis (swamp gum), Eucalyptus bensonii (mountain swamp gum), Eucalyptus camphora (mountain swamp gum) - selected species; see also stringybark and List of Eucalyptus species on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Coordinate terms

(genus): Corymbia, Angophora - other genera of eucalypts

Derived terms

Eucalyptopsis

Translations

a type of tree

Maori: purukamu

See also

mallee

References

Eucalyptus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Eucalyptus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Eucalyptus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Eucalyptus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Eucalyptus at Tropicos
Eucalyptus at The Plant List

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