eucalyptus

ˌyü-kə-ˈlip-təs 4 syllables rare

  1. noun. any of a genus (Eucalyptus) of mostly Australian evergreen trees or rarely shrubs of the myrtle family that have rigid entire leaves and umbellate flowers and are widely cultivated for their gums, resins, oils, and woods

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borrowed from New Latin, genus name, from Greek eu- + kalyptós "covered," verbal adjective of kalýptein "to cover, protect, conceal"; so named for the operculum that covers the developing buds.

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