woollybutt

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

a name given to one of the Gum trees, Eucalyptus longifolia, Link. See Gum.


1843. James Backhouse, `Narrative of a Visit to the AustralianColonies,' p. 445 (October 1836.):

«One called here the Woolly Butted Gum seems identical with theblack butted gum of Tasmania.»

1894. `Melbourne Museum Catalogue Economic Woods,' p. 28:

«The Woollybutt grown at Illawarra is in very high repute forwheelwright's work «