Eucalyptus

See also: eucalyptus

Translingual

Eucalyptus obliqua trunks

Etymology

Coined by French botanist Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle in 1788 from Ancient Greek εὐ- (eu-, “well”) ‎ Ancient Greek καλυπτός (kaluptós, “covered”). The name refers to the operculum of the flower bud, which protects the developing flower parts as the flower develops and is shed by the pressure of the emerging stamens at flowering.

Proper noun

Eucalyptus f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Myrtaceae – a group of trees native to and widespread in Australia, also native to nearby islands, as far north as the Philippines.
2. A taxonomic subgenus within the family Myrtaceae – Eucalyptus subg. Eucalyptus.
3. A taxonomic section within the subgenus Eucalyptus – Eucalyptus sect. Eucalyptus.
4. A taxonomic series within the section Eucalyptus – Eucalyptus ser. Eucalyptus.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids – clades; Myrtales – order; Myrtaceae – family; Eucalypteae – tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Eucalyptus obliqua (messmate) – type species;, Eucalyptus bensonii (mountain swamp gum), Eucalyptus camaldulensis (river red gum), Eucalyptus camphora (mountain swamp gum), Eucalyptus cinerea (stringybark), Eucalyptus deglupta (rainbow eucalyptus), Eucalyptus globulus (blue gum, Tasmanian blue gum), Eucalyptus marginata (jarrah), Eucalyptus microtheca (coolibah), Eucalyptus mitchelliana (buffalo sallee), Eucalyptus moorei (white sallee), Eucalyptus nitens (shining gum, silvertop), Eucalyptus ovata (swamp gum), Eucalyptus pauciflora (white sallee), Eucalyptus regnans (mountain ash, swamp gum), Eucalyptus rudis (swamp gum), Eucalyptus stellulata, (black sallee), Eucalyptus yumbarrana (Yumbarra mallee) – selected species; see also stringybark and List of Eucalyptus species on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Coordinate terms

• (genus): Corymbia, Angophora – other genera of eucalypts

Derived terms

• Eucalyptopsis

Descendants

• → French: eucalyptus
  • → Catalan: eucaliptus
  • → English: eucalyptus
  • → Portuguese: eucalipto
    • → Hunsrik: Ëukalipt

Translations

a type of tree

• Chinese: Mandarin: 桉树 (zh) (ānshù)
• Esperanto: eŭkalipto
• Finnish: eukalyptus (fi)
• Japanese: ユーカリ (ja) (yūkari)
• Maori: purukamu
• Nyunga: balyoongar
• Vietnamese: bạch đàn (vi) (白檀), khuynh diệp (vi) (傾葉)

See also

• mallee

References

• Eucalyptus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Eucalyptus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Eucalyptus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Eucalyptus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Eucalyptus at Tropicos
• Eucalyptus at The Plant List