Definition of 'black gum'

Noun

1. 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
2. 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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