gum tree
noun
1.
any tree that exudes gum, as a eucalyptus, the sour gum, or the sweet gum.
2.
any of various other gum-yielding trees, as the sapodilla.
Origin
1670-80,
Americanism
Examples from the web for
gum tree
When the bark peels easily from the
gum tree
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