Sweet gum Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture
    hazelwood; red gum; satin walnut.
  2. noun aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree
    liquidambar.
  3. noun a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap
    Liquidambar styraciflua; American sweet gum; red gum; sweet gum tree; bilsted.

WordNet

Definitions
  1. (Bot.), an American tree (Liquidambar styraciflua). See Liquidambar.

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