gumwood

gumwood
noun
wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum
Syn: ↑gum
Hypernyms: ↑wood
Hyponyms: ↑sweet gum, ↑satin walnut, ↑hazelwood, ↑red gum
Substance Holonyms: ↑gum tree, ↑gum

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
1. : gum III 5a
2. : a shrub (Commidendron rugosum) of the family Compositae that is endemic but rare on the island of St. Helena

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/gum"wood'/, n.
the wood of a gum tree, esp. the wood of a eucalyptus or of the sweet gum.
[1675-85; GUM1 + WOOD1]

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