sweet gum
NounSynonyms:
satin walnuthazelwoodred gumliquidambarsweet gum treebilstedAmerican sweet gumLiquidambar styraciflua
Open English WordNet
Noun (3)
- reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furnitureSynonyms: satin walnuthazelwoodred gumType of gumwood, gum
- aromatic exudate from the sweet gum treeSynonyms: liquidambarType of gumSubstance of sweet gum tree, bilsted
- a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sapSynonyms: sweet gum treebilstedred gumAmerican sweet gumLiquidambar styracifluaType of liquidambarMember of genus Liquidambar, LiquidambarMade of liquidambar
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Sweet gum
Botany, an American tree (Liquidambar styraciflua). See Liquidambar.
From the entry Sweet.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54