messmate n : (nautical) an associate with whom you share meals in the same mess (as on a ship)

English

Noun

1. an associate with whom one shares a mess (eating place) on a ship

Messmate is a common name for a group of species of tree in the plant genus Eucalyptus, all of which have rough bark. The name is of uncertain origin.

Species commonly known as "messmate" include:

• E. acmenoides (Yellow Messmate)
• E. cloeziana (Messmate, Gympie Messmate, Queensland Messmate, Yellow Messmate)
• E. exserta (Messmate, Yellow Messmate)
• E. macta (Red Messmate)
• E. obliqua (Messmate, Messmate Stringybark)
• E. resinifera (Red Messmate)
• E. robertsonii (Messmate, New South Wales Messmate)
• E. robusta (Swamp Messmate)
• E. tetradonta (Messmate)

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