Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume DE

They have rigid, entire leaves with one edge turned toward the zenith. Most of them secrete resinous gums, whence they called gum trees, and their timber is of great value. Eucalyptus Globulus is the blue gum; E. gigantea, the stringy bark: E. amygdalina, the peppermint tree. E. Gunnii, the Tasmanian cider tree, yields a refreshing drink from wounds made in the bark in the spring. Other species yield oils, tars, acids, dyes and tans. It is said that miasmatic valleys in Algeria and Portugal, and a part of the unhealthy Roman Campagna, have been made more salubrious by planting groves of these trees.

Eu"cha·ris (?), n. [NL., fr. L. eucharis agreeable, Gr. ευχαρισ See Eucharist.] (Bot.) A genus of South American amaryllidaceous plants with large and beautiful white blossoms.

Eu"cha·rist (?), n. [L. eucharistia, Gr. ευχαριστια, lit., a giving of thanks; ευ + χαρισ favor, grace, thanks; akin to χαιρειν to rejoice, and prob. to yearn: cf. F. eucharistie.]

1. The act of giving thanks; thanksgiving. [Obs.]

Led through the vale of tears to the region of eucharist and hallelujahs.
South.

2. (Eccl.) The sacrament of the Lord's Supper; the solemn act of ceremony of commemorating the death of Christ, in the use of bread and wine, as the appointed emblems; the communion.

-- See Sacrament.

Eu`cha·ris"tic (?), Eu`cha·ris"tic·al (?), a. [Cf. F. eucharistie.]

1. Giving thanks; expressing thankfulness; rejoicing. [Obs.]

The eucharistical part of our daily devotions.
Ray.

2. Pertaining to the Lord's Supper. "The eucharistic sacrament." Sir. G. C. Lewis.

Eu"chite (?), n. [From Gr. ? to pray.] One who resolves religion into prayer. [Obs.] Gauden.