Noun: eucalyptus
| Singular | eucalyptus |
| Plural | eucalypti; eucalyptuses |
Sample Sentences
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I got a few more of these at the blossoms of the Eucalypti, and also the allied species Trichoglossus iris, and a few other small but interesting birds. [1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 170:]
Nouns inflected like eucalyptus
renal calculus,
pylorus,
prolapsus,
parahippocampal gyrus,
hyperradius,
succubus,
scarabaeus,
colossus,
eucalyptus,
papyrus,
disfocus,
polypus,
phallus,
solidus,
silurus,
lenticular nucleus,
dinosaurus,
chorepiscopus,
ankylosaurus,
fusiform gyrus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₁wes-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-us
4. Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus?
5. Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-?
6. Proto-Indo-European *h₁su-
7. Proto-Hellenic *ehu-
8. Ancient Greek ἐΰς (eǘs)
9. Ancient Greek εὖ (eû)
10. Ancient Greek εὐ- (eu-)
11. Ancient Greek καλύπτω (kalúptō)
12. Proto-Indo-European *-tós
13. Proto-Hellenic *-tós
14. Ancient Greek -τός (-tós)
15. Ancient Greek καλυπτός (kaluptós)
16. taxonomic name Eucalyptuslbor.
17. French eucalyptusbor.
18. English eucalyptus
19. Borrowed from French eucalyptus.