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• n  a tree of the genus Eucalyptus

• Conrad writes movingly of Cotton's 1992 photo of a bird launching itself from a burnt eucalypt branch, likening it to the Platonic image of the soul's release from the body.
• At Dymocks bookstore in the Sydney suburb of Ryde, the white paperback with the burning eucalypt leaf on its cover and the boast THIS IS THE STORY THE MEDIA WILL NOT TELL on the .
• From this vantage point, looking west to flat-topped Mount Tomah, the first peak Caley reached, eucalypt-green ridges roll away like swell on an uneasy sea.

• eucalyptus
• eucalyptus tree

News & Articles

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• Money doesn't grow on trees but gold leaf does, scientists find
  Sydney (AFP) - Australian researchers have found minuscule nuggets of gold hidden inside the leaves of eucalyptus trees, in a discovery they say could help prospectors discover new deposits of the precious metal.
  Oct. 23, 2013 - AFP via Yahoo! News
• Money doesn't grow on trees but gold leaf does, apparently
  Australian researchers have found minuscule nuggets of gold hidden inside the leaves of eucalyptus trees, in a discovery they say could help prospectors discover new deposits of the precious metal.
  Oct. 23, 2013 - Denver Post
• Gilding the gum tree: Scientists strike gold in leaves
  Eucalyptus trees -- or gum trees as they are known -- are drawing up gold particles from the earth via their root system and depositing it their leaves and branches.
  Oct. 23, 2013 - Science Daily

Quotes

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• Bob Brown in The Age
  The destruction of these carbon banks and the wildlife, the rare flora and water catchments has got to stop,Senator Brown told reporters. "It is three times worse for climate change previous assessments estimated and in tall eucalypt...