Eucalyptus

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A myrtaceous genus of trees, mostly Australian. Many of them grow to an immense height, one or two species exceeding the height even of the California Sequoia.

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