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Blue Gum

Definition: Blue Gum

Blue Gum

Noun

1. Tall fast-growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil; young leaves are bluish.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Specialty Definition: Blue Gum

DomainDefinition

Medicine

Bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4). Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Blue Gum

Synonym: fever tree (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Blue Gum

English words defined with "blue gum": Eucalyptus Globulus. (references)

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Modern Usage: Blue Gum

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

A Blue Gum Romance (1913)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Blue Gum

Photos: Blue Gum

Subject(s): ... Peru, blue gum, eucalyptus, trees ...
Subject(s): ... Australia, mountains, blue gum, trees, dirt ...

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Frequency of Internet Expressions: Blue Gum

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

blue gum

4

tasmanian blue gum

2

blue gum tree

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Blue Gum

Language Translations for "blue gum"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

Burton's linie (blue line, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4), Burton line, Burton sign, Burtonian line, Burton's line, lead line), blysøm (blue line, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4), Burton line, Burton sign, Burtonian line, Burton's line, lead hem, lead line), blyrand (blue line, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4), Burton line, Burtonian line, Burton's line, lead line), blaa eukalyptus (bastard box). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

blue gum (bastard box), loodzoom (blue line, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4), Burton line, Burton sign, Burtonian line, Burton's line, lead hem, lead line), loodlijn (aft, blue line, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4), Burton line, Burtonian line, Burton's line, forward, lead line, midship perpendiculars), lijn van Burton (blue line, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4), Burton line, Burton sign, Burtonian line, Burton's line, lead line), halo saturninus (blue line, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4), Burton line, Burtonian line, Burton's line, lead line). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kuumepuu (bastard box). (various references)

   

French

  

blue gum, liséré saturnin (blue line, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4)), liséré de Burton (blue line, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4)). (various references)

   

German

  

Burton Linie (blue line, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4), Burton line, Burton sign, Burtonian line, Burton's line, lead line), Bleisaum (blue line, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4), Burton line, Burtonian line, Burton's line, lead hem, lead line), Southern blue gum (bastard box). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κυανή γραμμή των ούλων (blue line, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4), Burton line, Burtonian line, Burton's line, lead line). (various references)

   

Italian

  

orletto gengivale saturnino (blue line, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4), Burton line, Burtonian line, Burton's line, lead line), orletto gengivale di Burton (blue line, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4), Burton line, Burton sign, Burtonian line, Burton's line, lead line), orletto di Burton (blue line, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4), Burton line, Burtonian line, Burton's line, lead line), eucalitto blu (bastard box). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ueblay umgay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

linha de Burton (blue line, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4), Burton line, Burtonian line, Burton's line, lead line), linha azul (blue line, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4), Burton line, Burtonian line, Burton's line, lead line), gomeiro-azul (bastard box), eucalipto comum (bastard box), eucalipto (eucalyptus). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

línea de Burton (blue line, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4), Burton line, Burton sign, Burtonian line, Burton's line, lead hem, lead line). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

feberträd (bastard box). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Blue Gum

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Eucalyptus globulus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Blue Gum

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: bluegum.

Words within the letters "b-e-g-l-m-u-u"

-2 letters: begum, blume, bugle, bulge, glume, umbel.

-3 letters: blue, geum, glue, glum, lube, luge, mule.

-4 letters: beg, bel, bug, bum, elm, emu, gel, gem, gul, gum, leg, leu, lug, lum, meg, mel, mug, ulu.

-5 letters: be, el, em, me, mu, um.

 Words containing the letters "b-e-g-l-m-u-u"
 

+1 letter: bluegums.

 

+2 letters: bubblegum, tumblebug.

 

+3 letters: bubblegums, tumblebugs.

 

+5 letters: umbrageously.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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