eucalyptus gum

noun

variants or eucalyptus kino

: a reddish brown dried gummy exudation from a red gum tree (Eucalyptus rostrata) of Australia and several other eucalypts used as a base for lozenges and troches

called also Botany Bay kino, red gum

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