资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
{Red chalk}. See under {Chalk}.
{Red copper} (Min.), red oxide of copper; cuprite.
{Red coral} (Zo["o]l.), the precious coral ({Corallium
rubrum}). See Illusts. of {Coral} and {Gorgonlacea}.
{Red cross}. The cross of St. George, the national emblem of
the English.
(b) The Geneva cross. See {Geneva convention}, and {Geneva
cross}, under {Geneva}.
{Red currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}.
{Red deer}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The common stag ({Cervus elaphus}), native of the forests
of the temperate parts of Europe and Asia. It is very
similar to the American elk, or wapiti.
(b) The Virginia deer. See {Deer}.
{Red duck} (Zo["o]l.), a European reddish brown duck
({Fuligula nyroca}); -- called also {ferruginous duck}.
{Red ebony}. (Bot.) See {Grenadillo}.
{Red empress} (Zo["o]l.), a butterfly. See {Tortoise shell}.
{Red fir} (Bot.), a coniferous tree ({Pseudotsuga Douglasii})
found from British Columbia to Texas, and highly valued
for its durable timber. The name is sometimes given to
other coniferous trees, as the Norway spruce and the
American {Abies magnifica} and {A. nobilis}.
{Red fire}. (Pyrotech.) See {Blue fire}, under {Fire}.
{Red flag}. See under {Flag}.
{Red fox} (Zo["o]l.), the common American fox ({Vulpes
fulvus}), which is usually reddish in color.
{Red grouse} (Zo["o]l.), the Scotch grouse, or ptarmigan. See
under {Ptarmigan}.
{Red gum}, or {Red gum-tree} (Bot.), a name given to eight
Australian species of {Eucalyptus} ({Eucalyptus
amygdalina}, {resinifera}, etc.) which yield a reddish gum
resin. See {Eucalyptus}.
{Red hand} (Her.), a left hand appaum['e], fingers erect,
borne on an escutcheon, being the mark of a baronet of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; -- called
also {Badge of Ulster}.
{Red herring}, the common herring dried and smoked.
资料来源 : WordNet®
red gum
n 1: reddish-brown dried gummy exudation from any of several
trees of the genus Eucalyptus especially Eucalyptus
camaldulensis [syn: {eucalyptus gum}, {eucalyptus kino}]
2: very large red gum tree [syn: {marri}, {Eucalyptus
calophylla}]
3: red gum tree of Tasmania [syn: {peppermint}, {peppermint gum},
{Eucalyptus amygdalina}]
4: reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet
gum tree used to make furniture [syn: {sweet gum}, {satin
walnut}, {hazelwood}]
5: a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having
prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap [syn: {sweet
gum}, {sweet gum tree}, {bilsted}, {American sweet gum}, {Liquidambar
styraciflua}]