English Dictionary

snappy gum

名詞

オーストラリア英語

(Australia) Any of various eucalypts having brittle timber, including Eucalyptus brevifolia, Eucalyptus haemastoma and Eucalyptus rossii.

日本語の意味

（オーストラリア産）脆い材質を持つユーカリ類の総称。具体的には、Eucalyptus brevifolia、Eucalyptus haemastoma、Eucalyptus rossiiなどが含まれる。

We sheltered under a snappy gum when the sudden storm blew in, its brittle branches cracking in the wind.

急な嵐が来たとき、私たちは材がもろいユーカリの木の下に避難し、その枝が風でバキバキと折れる音がした。

意味（1）

(Australia) Any of various eucalypts having brittle timber, including Eucalyptus brevifolia, Eucalyptus haemastoma and Eucalyptus rossii.

The timber consists of Scribbly gum (known here as Snappy Gum), Mountain Ash, pepperment, interspersed with patches of Bloodwood, Mohogany, Stringy Bark, and Apple and on the sides of the mountain gullies to the south grows sparsely Iron Bark, box (Eupts. quadrangulata) and Water Gum.

snappy gums （ plural ）