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sweet gum

DEFINITIONS OF: sweet gum

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n a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap

Synonyms:
American sweet gum, Liquidambar styraciflua, bilsted, red gum, sweet gum tree
Type of:
liquidambar
any tree of the genus Liquidambar

n reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture

Synonyms:
hazelwood, red gum, satin walnut
Type of:
gum, gumwood
wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum

n aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree

Synonyms:
liquidambar
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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