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Plural of: Any of numerous often tall trees belonging to a certain genus of the myrtle family, native to Australia and adjacent islands, having aromatic evergreen leaves that are the source of medicinal oils and heavy wood used as timber.

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  • It swung open onto a wide flagstone path that was flanked by eucalypti.
  • The most frequently occurring trees were knaries and eucalypti of gigantic dimensions.
  • Palms shaded wild roses, while ginkgoes wrapped long, spreading branches around the trunks of exfoliating eucalypti.
  • The woods are principally eucalypti, as might be supposed, but endogenous trees are found toward the north, and are shown.
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