[syn: sweet gum, sweet gum tree, bilsted, red gum, American sweet gum, Liquidambar styraciflua]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
red gum
n 1: reddish-brown dried gummy exudation from any of several
trees of the genus Eucalyptus especially Eucalyptus
camaldulensis [syn: eucalyptus gum, eucalyptus kino,
red gum]
2: very large red gum tree [syn: red gum, marri, Eucalyptus
calophylla]
3: red gum tree of Tasmania [syn: red gum, peppermint,
peppermint gum, Eucalyptus amygdalina]
4: reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum
tree used to make furniture [syn: sweet gum, satin
walnut, hazelwood, red gum]
5: a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly
spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap [syn: sweet gum,
sweet gum tree, bilsted, red gum, American sweet gum,
Liquidambar styraciflua]