liquidambar

/ˈlɪkwədˌæmbər/
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Other forms: liquidambars

Definitions of liquidambar
  1. noun
    any tree of the genus Liquidambar
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    types:
    American sweet gum, Liquidambar styraciflua, bilsted, red gum, sweet gum, sweet gum tree
    a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap
    type of:
    gum, gum tree
    any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum
  2. noun
    aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree
    synonyms: sweet gum
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    type of:
    gum
    any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying
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