Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

red gum

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English

Syllables: red gum
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several species of trees found in Australia:

noun

Any of several species of trees found in Australia:

noun

Any of several species of trees found in Australia:

noun

Any of several species of trees found in Australia:

noun

A tree of the hazel family, of species Liquidambar styraciflua, found in North America.

noun

Alternative form of red-gum (“strophulus”).

Etymology

Alteration (due to gum) of earlier red gown, reed gounde, from Middle English redgownd, redgound, radegound, radegund, equivalent to red + gound.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: redgownd

Inflected Forms

red gums (plural)

Phrases

forest red gum Murray red gum river red gum

Synonyms

river red gum sweet gum sweet gum-tree sweet gum tree bilsted american sweet gum liquidambar styraciflua satin walnut hazelwood

Questions

What does red gum mean?: Any of several species of trees found in Australia:
Where does red gum come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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