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Eucalyptus
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eucalyptus
Translingual
thumb|Eucalyptus obliqua species Eucalyptus obliqua trunks
Etymology
mul :af grc:εὐ- grc:καλυπτός eucalypt
mul Q465834 1788 from mul grc:εὐ-<t:well> grc:καλυπτός<t:covered>. The name refers to the operculum of the flower bud, which protects the developing flower parts as the flower develops and is shed by the pressure of the emerging stamens at flowering.
Proper noun
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genus family Myrtaceae a group of trees native to and widespread in Australia, also native to nearby islands, as far north as the Philippines
subgenus family Myrtaceae Eucalyptus subg. Eucalyptus subgenus
section subgenus Eucalyptus Eucalyptus sect. Eucalyptus section
series section Eucalyptus Eucalyptus ser. Eucalyptus section
Hypernyms
genus ; Eucalypteae tribe tribe
Hyponyms
genus Eucalyptus obliqua species (messmate) type species;, Eucalyptus bensonii species (mountain swamp gum), Eucalyptus camaldulensis species (river red gum), Eucalyptus camphora species (mountain swamp gum), Eucalyptus cinerea genus (stringybark), Eucalyptus deglupta species (rainbow eucalyptus), Eucalyptus globulus species (blue gum, Tasmanian blue gum), Eucalyptus marginata species (jarrah), Eucalyptus microtheca species (coolibah), Eucalyptus mitchelliana species (buffalo sallee), Eucalyptus moorei species (white sallee), Eucalyptus nitens species (shining gum, silvertop), Eucalyptus ovata species (swamp gum), Eucalyptus pauciflora species (white sallee), Eucalyptus regnans species (mountain ash, swamp gum), Eucalyptus rudis species (swamp gum), Eucalyptus stellulata species, (black sallee), Eucalyptus yumbarrana species (Yumbarra mallee) selected species; see also stringybark and List of Eucalyptus species
Coordinate terms
genus Corymbia genus, Angophora genus other genera of eucalypts
Derived terms
Eucalyptopsis genus
Descendants
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Translations
a type of tree
Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 桉树 ānshù
Esperanto: eo eŭkalipto
Finnish: fi eukalyptus
Japanese: ja ユーカリ yūkari
Māori: mi purukamu
Nyunga: nys balyoongar
Vietnamese: vi bạch đàn 白檀, vi khuynh diệp 傾葉
Eucalyptus amygdalina
Woiwurrung: wyi wurun
Eucalyptus viminalis
Woiwurrung: wyi wurun, wyi binnap
Eucalyptus fissilis
Woiwurrung: wyi tirba twebin
White gum
Woiwurrung: wyi yarrabing
Eucalyptus obliqua
Woiwurrung: wyi wangnarra
Ironbark
Woiwurrung: wyi yirrip
See also
en mallee
References
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