Associations to the word «Eucalyptus»

Pictures for the word «Eucalyptus»

Wiktionary

EUCALYPTUS, noun. Any of many trees, of genus Eucalyptus, native mainly to Australia.
EUCALYPTUS, noun. A greenish colour, like that of a eucalyptus.
EUCALYPTUS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Myrtaceae   — a group of trees native to and widespread in Australia, also native to nearby islands, as far north as the Philippines.

Dictionary definition

EUCALYPTUS, noun. Wood of any of various eucalyptus trees valued as timber.
EUCALYPTUS, noun. A tree of the genus Eucalyptus.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats