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See also: Eucalyptus
English
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Eucalyptus_rubida.jpg/220px-Eucalyptus_rubida.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Coined by Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle in 1788 from Ancient Greek
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Eucalyptus_erythrocorys_operculum.jpg/220px-Eucalyptus_erythrocorys_operculum.jpg)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]eucalyptus (plural eucalypti or eucalyptuses)
- Any of many trees, of genus Eucalyptus, native mainly to Australia.
- Synonyms: gum tree, eucalypt
- Hyponyms: gum, mallee, stringybark, ironbark, blackbutt, yate, yellow box
- A greenish colour, like that of eucalyptus leaves.
- eucalyptus:
Hyponyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- eucalyn
- eucalyptoid
- eucalyptol
- eucalyptole
- fuchsia eucalyptus (Eucalyptus forrestiana)
- lemon eucalyptus
- lemon eucalyptus (Corymbia citriodora)
- oil of lemon eucalyptus
- rainbow eucalyptus
- rainbow eucalyptus (Eucalyptus deglupta)
Translations
[edit]any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus
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Further reading
[edit]eucalyptus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Coined by Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle in 1788 from Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]eucalyptus m (plural eucalyptus)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Catalan: eucaliptus
- → English: eucalyptus
Further reading
[edit]- “eucalyptus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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