cider-tree

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

or Cider-Gum, n.


name givenin Tasmania to Eucalyptus gunnii, Hook., N.O. Myrtaceae. See Gum.

1830. Ross, `Hobart Town Almanack,' p. 119:

«Specimens of that species of eucalyptus called the cider-tree,from its exuding a quantity of saccharine liquid resemblingmolasses. . . . When allowed to remain some time and toferment, it settles into a coarse sort of wine or cider, ratherintoxicating if drank to any excess.»

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