'Black gum' definitions:

Definition of 'black gum'

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noun
Columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall [syn: sour gum, black gum, pepperidge, Nyssa sylvatica]
noun
A small mallee with rough dark-colored bark toward the butt; yields a red eucalyptus kino gum [syn: black mallee, black sally, black gum, Eucalytus stellulata]

Definition of 'Black gum'

From: GCIDE
  • Black \Black\ (bl[a^]k), a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[ae]c; akin to Icel. blakkr dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[aum]ck ink, Dan. bl[ae]k, OHG. blach, LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS. bl[=a]c, E. bleak pallid. [root]98.]
  • 1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes. [1913 Webster]
  • O night, with hue so black! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds. [1913 Webster]
  • I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness; destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked; cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. "This day's black fate." "Black villainy." "Arise, black vengeance." "Black day." "Black despair." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words; as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired, black-visaged. [1913 Webster]
  • Black act, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been called black acts.
  • Black angel (Zool.), a fish of the West Indies and Florida (Holacanthus tricolor), with the head and tail yellow, and the middle of the body black.
  • Black antimony (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony, Sb2S3, used in pyrotechnics, etc.
  • Black bear (Zool.), the common American bear ({Ursus Americanus}).
  • Black beast. See B[^e]te noire.
  • Black beetle (Zool.), the common large cockroach ({Blatta orientalis}).
  • Black bonnet (Zool.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza Sch[oe]niclus}) of Europe.
  • Black canker, a disease in turnips and other crops, produced by a species of caterpillar.
  • Black cat (Zool.), the fisher, a quadruped of North America allied to the sable, but larger. See Fisher.
  • Black cattle, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]
  • Black cherry. See under Cherry.
  • Black cockatoo (Zool.), the palm cockatoo. See Cockatoo.
  • Black copper. Same as Melaconite.
  • Black currant. (Bot.) See Currant.
  • Black diamond. (Min.) See Carbonado.
  • Black draught (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of senna and magnesia.
  • Black drop (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.
  • Black earth, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.
  • Black flag, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.
  • Black flea (Zool.), a flea beetle (Haltica nemorum) injurious to turnips.
  • Black flux, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal, obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of niter. --Brande & C.
  • Black Forest [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in Baden and W["u]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient Hercynian forest.
  • Black game, or Black grouse. (Zool.) See Blackcock, Grouse, and Heath grouse.
  • Black grass (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.
  • Black gum (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or pepperidge. See Tupelo.
  • Black Hamburg (grape) (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of dark purple or "black" grape.
  • Black horse (Zool.), a fish of the Mississippi valley (Cycleptus elongatus), of the sucker family; the Missouri sucker.
  • Black lemur (Zool.), the Lemurniger of Madagascar; the acoumbo of the natives.
  • Black list, a list of persons who are for some reason thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See Blacklist, v. t.
  • Black manganese (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese, MnO2.
  • Black Maria, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried to or from jail.
  • Black martin (Zool.), the chimney swift. See Swift.
  • Black moss (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the southern United States. See Tillandsia.
  • Black oak. See under Oak.
  • Black ocher. See Wad.
  • Black pigment, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance, or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.
  • Black plate, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.
  • Black quarter, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.
  • Black rat (Zool.), one of the species of rats ({Mus rattus}), commonly infesting houses.
  • Black rent. See Blackmail, n., 3.
  • Black rust, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.
  • Black sheep, one in a family or company who is unlike the rest, and makes trouble.
  • Black silver. (Min.) See under Silver.
  • Black and tan, black mixed or spotted with tan color or reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of dogs.
  • Black tea. See under Tea.
  • Black tin (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed, stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.
  • Black walnut. See under Walnut.
  • Black warrior (Zool.), an American hawk (Buteo Harlani). [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart; Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Black gum'

From: GCIDE
  • Gum \Gum\, n. [OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis, fr. Gr. ?, prob. from an Egyptian form kam?; cf. It. gomma.]
  • 1. A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Bot.) See Gum tree, below. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow log. [Southern U. S.] [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A rubber overshoe. [Local, U. S.] [1913 Webster]
  • Black gum, Blue gum, British gum, etc. See under Black, Blue, etc.
  • Gum Acaroidea, the resinous gum of the Australian grass tree (Xanlhorrh[oe]a).
  • Gum animal (Zool.), the galago of West Africa; -- so called because it feeds on gums. See Galago.
  • Gum animi or anim['e]. See Anim['e].
  • Gum arabic, a gum yielded mostly by several species of Acacia (chiefly A. vera and A. Arabica) growing in Africa and Southern Asia; -- called also gum acacia. East Indian gum arabic comes from a tree of the Orange family which bears the elephant apple.
  • Gum butea, a gum yielded by the Indian plants {Butea frondosa} and B. superba, and used locally in tanning and in precipitating indigo.
  • Gum cistus, a plant of the genus Cistus ({Cistus ladaniferus}), a species of rock rose.
  • Gum dragon. See Tragacanth.
  • Gum elastic, Elastic gum. See Caoutchouc.
  • Gum elemi. See Elemi.
  • Gum juniper. See Sandarac.
  • Gum kino. See under Kino.
  • Gum lac. See Lac.
  • Gum Ladanum, a fragrant gum yielded by several Oriental species of Cistus or rock rose.
  • Gum passages, sap receptacles extending through the parenchyma of certain plants (Amygdalace[ae], Cactace[ae], etc.), and affording passage for gum.
  • Gum pot, a varnish maker's utensil for melting gum and mixing other ingredients.
  • Gum resin, the milky juice of a plant solidified by exposure to air; one of certain inspissated saps, mixtures of, or having properties of, gum and resin; a resin containing more or less mucilaginous and gummy matter.
  • Gum sandarac. See Sandarac.
  • Gum Senegal, a gum similar to gum arabic, yielded by trees (Acacia Verek and A. Adansoni[aum]) growing in the Senegal country, West Africa.
  • Gum tragacanth. See Tragacanth.
  • Gum water, a solution of gum, esp. of gum arabic, in water.
  • Gum wood, the wood of any gum tree, esp. the wood of the Eucalyptus piperita, of New South Wales. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'black gum'

From: GCIDE
  • Tupelo \Tu"pe*lo\, n. [Tupelo, or tupebo, the native American Indian name.] (Bot.) A North American tree (Nyssa multiflora) of the Dogwood family, having brilliant, glossy foliage and acid red berries. The wood is crossgrained and very difficult to split. Called also black gum, sour gum, and pepperidge. [1913 Webster]
  • Largo tupelo, or Tupelo gum (Bot.), an American tree (Nyssa uniflora) with softer wood than the tupelo.
  • Sour tupelo (Bot.), the Ogeechee lime. [1913 Webster]