Ghost Gum (Noun)
Meaning
Small to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or strips.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The countryside in Tasmania was dotted with ghost gums, their white trunks glistening in the sunlight like skeletal sentinels.
- Ghost gums grew sparsely along the river, their branches a tangled latticework above the sandy riverbed.
- As the seasons changed, the ghost gum tree standing tall on the hillside began to shed its bark, its new skin unfolding like discarded wallpaper.
- Where the bush gave way to grassy plain, the ghost gum stood out, its trunk glowing like a beacon in the fading light of day.
- In this small pocket of Western Australia, ghost gums clustered together, their stark limbs tracing a delicate network of lines against the blue sky.