Eucalyptus
See also: eucalyptus
Translingual
Eucalyptus obliqua trunks
Etymology
New Latin eucalyptus, from Ancient Greek εὖ (eû, “well”) + καλυπτός (kaluptós, “covered”), from καλύπτω (kalúptō, “I cover”).
Proper noun
Eucalyptus f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Myrtaceae – a group of trees native to and widespread in Australia, also native to nearby islands, as far north as the Philippines.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids - clades; Myrtales - order; Myrtaceae - family; Eucalypteae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Eucalyptus obliqua (messmate) - type species; Eucalyptus deglupta (rainbow eucalyptus), Eucalyptus cinerea (stringybark), Eucalyptus regnans (mountain ash, swamp gum), Eucalyptus camaldulensis (red gum), Eucalyptus stellulata, (black sallee), Eucalyptus mitchelliana (buffalo sallee), Eucalyptus moorei (white sallee), Eucalyptus pauciflora (white sallee), Eucalyptus marginata (jarrah), Eucalyptus microtheca (coolibah), Eucalyptus globulus (blue gum, Tasmanian blue gum), Eucalyptus ovata (swamp gum), Eucalyptus rudis (swamp gum), Eucalyptus bensonii (mountain swamp gum), Eucalyptus camphora (mountain swamp gum) - selected species; see also stringybark and
List of Eucalyptus species on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Coordinate terms
- (genus): Corymbia, Angophora - other genera of eucalypts
Derived terms
- Eucalyptopsis
Translations
a type of tree
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See also
- mallee
References
- Eucalyptus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Eucalyptus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Eucalyptus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Eucalyptus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Eucalyptus at Tropicos
- Eucalyptus at The Plant List