EUCALYPTUS Definition & Meaning

eucalyptus

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[yoo-kuh-lip-tuhs]

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noun

plural

eucalypti, eucalyptuses

any of numerous often tall trees belonging to the genus Eucalyptus, of the myrtle family, native to Australia and adjacent islands, having aromatic evergreen leaves that are the source of medicinal oils and heavy wood used as timber.

eucalyptus

/ ˌjuːkəˈlɪptəs, ˈjuːkəˌlɪpt /

noun

any myrtaceous tree of the mostly Australian genus Eucalyptus, such as the blue gum and ironbark, widely cultivated for the medicinal oil in their leaves ( eucalyptus oil ), timber, and ornament

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

eucalyptic adjective

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of eucalyptus¹

1800–10; < New Latin < Greek eu- eu- + �첹��ó�� covered, wrapped, akin to �첹��ý��ٱ𾱲� to cover

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of eucalyptus¹

C19: New Latin, from _eu- + Greek kaluptos covered, from kaluptein to cover, hide

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In the park, roughly 400 trees, mostly non-native — and notoriously flammable — eucalyptuses, were considered part of the cultural historic landscape.

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The air smells faintly of printer toner and eucalyptus.

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To this day, when I land at LAX and get a whiff of eucalyptus riding above the jet fuel and car exhaust, I just think, “Man, it’s good to be home.”

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Twelve attendees — including an 82-year-old woman who lost her home in the fire — stretched out their mats on the green grass beneath a singed eucalyptus tree.

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I ask myself what the coast, with its chaparral, eucalyptus, wide-mawed canyons and thick seasonal fogs, will look like when I return.

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eucalyptol eucarpic

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