Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun black_gum

2 senses of black gum

Sense 1
sour gum, black gum, pepperidge, Nyssa sylvatica -- (columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall)
       => tupelo, tupelo tree -- (any of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America)

Sense 2
black mallee, black sally, black gum, Eucalytus stellulata -- (a small mallee with rough dark-colored bark toward the butt; yields a red eucalyptus kino gum)
       => mallee -- (any of several low-growing Australian eucalypts)