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gum tree, name for the eucalyptus (see myrtle myrtle, common name for the Myrtaceae, a family of shrubs and trees almost entirely of tropical regions, especially in America and Australia. The family is characterized by leaves (usually evergreen) containing aromatic volatile oils. Many have showy blossoms.
..... Click the link for more information. ) in Australia and for several other trees, e.g., the sweet gum, of the family Hamamelidaceae (witch hazel witch hazel, common name for some members of the Hamamelidaceae, a family of trees and shrubs found mostly in Asia. The family includes the large genus (Corylopsis) of winter hazels, and the witch hazels (genus Hamamelis), sweet gums (Liquidambar
..... Click the link for more information. family), and the black gum black gum, ornamental deciduous tree (Nyssa sylvatica family Nyssaceae) native to E North America. The leaves turn bright scarlet in the fall. The very tough wood was used for wheel hubs and other purposes.
..... Click the link for more information. or tupelo in North America.

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The court case was sparked when a quiz show linked Down Under's flute riff to the folk song Kookaburra Sits In The Old Gum Tree two years ago.

I DID NOT PLUNDER LAND DOWN UNDER; Scot sued for 'theft' of Oz anthem by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)

You see these turbines all the time, people are saying we must have turbines, the whole point of it is when you go home and you switch the lights on you expect the electricity to be there and if you had to rely on these things, you are up a gum tree really.

Is energy talk all just wasted wind? No power from hospital turbine ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England)

A type of gum tree relies for its welfare on a fungus.

In the Wilds of Australia by Khaleej Times (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)