eucalyptus

From French eucalyptus.

• Rhymes: -ɪptəs
• IPA^(key): /ˌjuːkəˈlɪptəs/

eucalyptus (plural eucalypti or eucalyptuses)

1. Any of many trees, of genus Eucalyptus, native mainly to Australia.
2. A greenish colour, like that of a eucalyptus leaves.

   eucalyptus colour:  

• (tree): gumtree, eucalypt

• (tree): gum, mallee, stringybark, box, ironbark, blackbutt, yate, gimlet

(1788) Coined by Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle from Ancient Greek εὖ (eû) + καλυπτός (kaluptós, “covered”), from καλύπτω (kalúptō, “I cover”).

• IPA^(key): /ø.ka.lip.tys/
• Hyphenation: eu‧ca‧lyp‧tus

eucalyptus m (plural eucalyptus)

1. eucalyptus

• “eucalyptus” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).