Definition of River gum

1. Noun. Somewhat crooked red gum tree growing chiefly along rivers; has durable reddish lumber used in heavy construction.


Lexicographical Neighbors of River Gum

river banks
river basin
river basins
river bed
river beds
river birch
river blindness
river boat
river bottom
river boulder
river cooter
river crab
river dolphin
river god
river gods
river gum (current term)
river horse
river horses
river lamprey
river lampreys
river limpet
river otter
river pear
river prawn
river rat
river rats
river red gum
river shad
river turtle
riverain

Literary usage of River gum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of the Royal Geographic Society of London by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1845)
"... is marked by lines of the river gum-trees. Early on the 12th December, we struck the Darling upwards of 70 miles above its junction with the Murray, ..."

2. The Native Tribes of South-east Australia by Alfred William Howitt (1904)
"... is " the white gum-tree " (river Gum), Eucalyptus viminalis. Jerri is a grub found in that tree. ..."

3. Across Australia by Baldwin Spencer, Francis James Gillen (1912)
"There are only two gum trees, Eucalyptus rostrata, the river gum, and Eucalyptus microtheca, the swamp gum. The former lives in and immediately upon the bed ..."

4. Eucalyptus by Abbot Kinney (1895)
"Ribbony Gum—E. viminalis (Southern NSW) river gum—E. rostrata (NSW and Queensland.) Rushy Gum—E. eximia. ..."

5. Timber by James Rae Baterden (1908)
"Murray Red Gum (E. r»xtrata) is the common river gum of New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland. The timber is in colour of various shades of red, ..."

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