noun
- Columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall.
- synonyms: sour gum, pepperidge, Nyssa sylvatica
- A small mallee with rough dark-colored bark toward the butt; yields a red eucalyptus kino gum.
- synonyms: black mallee, black sally, Eucalytus stellulata
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