one of the many names of aTimber-tree, Eucalyptus resinifera, Smith, N.O. Myrtaceae.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 208:
«The `Red,' or `Forest Mahogany,' of the neighbourhood ofSydney. These are bad names, as the wood bears no realresemblance to the true mahogany. Because the product of thistree first brought Australian kino into medical notice, it isoften in old books called `Botany Bay Gum-tree.' Other namesfor it are Red gum, Grey gum, Hickory, and it perpetuates thememory of an individual by being called `Jimmy Low.'»
n. obsolete name for an immigrant, aword which was jocularly changed into Jimmy Grant. The word`imm...
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