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Definition of Lemon-scented gum
1. Noun. Similar to but smaller than the spotted gum and having lemon-scented leaves.
Generic synonyms: Eucalypt, Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lemon-scented Gum
Literary usage of Lemon-scented gum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages with by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"lemon-scented gum— 1860. G. Bennett, ' Gatherings of a Naturalist,' p. 265 : "
Among the Eucalypti or gum-trees growing in New South Wales, a species named ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"lemon-scented gum. Like the species but foliage strongly lemon-scented.—A favorite
ornamental tree in the warmer parte of Calif.: subject to frost: young ..."
3. The Indian Forester (1882)
"Where these were planted amongst three-year planted pines they succeeded fairly
well; Eucalyptus citriodora, the lemon-scented gum, having grown to, ..."
4. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"... which fact caused the manager of the Parker Ranch, on which land the trees
are found, to believe that the tree was the lemon-scented gum. ..."
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