river red gum

river red gum

English

river red gum

Noun

river red gum (plural river red gums)

1. (Australia) The red gum tree, Eucalyptus camaldulensis (syn. E. rostrata Schltdl., nom. illeg.).
   • 1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage 1998, p. 128:

     Around lunchtime we crossed a creek with river-red-gums growing in its bed.

Translations

Eucalyptus camaldulensis

Alyawarr: aper, apere, Anmatyerre: aper, per, apere Chinese: 赤桉 Japanese: セキザイユーカリ (sekizai-yūkari), リバーレッドガム (ribā-reddogamu), ロストラタユーカリ (rosutorata-yūkari) Kaytetye: aylpele Warlmanpa: kunjumarra Warlpiri: ngapiri Warumungu: kunjumarra Yankunytjatjara: apara

References

• Nash, David (1997), “Comparative flora terminology of the central Northern Territory”, in Patrick McConvell & Nicholas Evans, editors, Archaeology and Linguistics: Aboriginal Australia in Global Perspective‎, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, page 192, 199 of 187–206
• Northern Territory Herbarium (2015). FloraNT: Northern Territory Flora Online. Department of Land Resource Management. Accessed: 19 September 2022.