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(South Africa, archaic) Syzygium cordatum, a tree typically growing out of wet ground..
On nearing Bacchus Marsh the country becomes wooded, mostly with stunted swamp gums, which look very much like our waterboom, a valueless kind of tree.
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Waterboom means (South Africa, archaic) Syzygium cordatum, a tree typically growing out of wet ground..
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On nearing Bacchus Marsh the country becomes wooded, mostly with stunted swamp gums, which look very much like our waterboom, a valueless kind of tree.
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