Water-gum
noun
1.
any of several Australian trees of the myrtle family, growing near water.
noun
1.
any of several gum trees, esp Nyssa biflora (or tupelo), of swampy areas of North America: family Nyssaceae
2.
any of several Australian myrtaceous trees, esp Tristania laurina, of swampy ground
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