eucalyptian

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

adj.


playfully formed; not incommon use.

1870. A. L. Gordon, `Bush Ballads,' p. 8:

«Gnarl'd, knotted trunks Eucalyptian

Seemed carved, like weird columns Egyptian,

With curious device – – quaint inscription

And hieroglyph strange.»