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Definition: Blue Gum |
Blue GumNoun1. 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. |
| Domain | Definition |
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. | |
Synonym: Blue GumSynonym: fever tree (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Blue Gum |
| English words defined with "blue gum": Eucalyptus Globulus. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | A Blue Gum Romance (1913) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
blue gum | 4 |
tasmanian blue gum | 2 |
blue gum tree | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Eucalyptus globulus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
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. | |
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