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Sweetgum
Any of several Oriental and American trees, of the genus Liquidambar, having brilliant autumn coloration; their wood is used for furniture, woodpulp and plywood
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Any of several Oriental and American trees, of the genus Liquidambar, having brilliant autumn coloration; their wood is used for furniture, woodpulp and plywood
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| sweetgum treenoun | Alternative form of sweet gum tree. [A tree, Liquidambar styraciflua, found in the southern US.] |
| sweet gumnoun | Liquidambar styraciflua, the sweet gum tree. |
| american sweetgumnoun | A deciduous tree native to warm temperate areas of eastern North America, Liquidambar styraciflua. |
| oriental sweetgumnoun | A deciduous tree native to the eastern Mediterranean region, Liquidambar orientalis. |
| sweet gum treenoun | A tree, Liquidambar styraciflua, found in the southern US. |
| bluegumnoun | Alternative form of blue gum. [Any of various eucalyptus trees having blueish leaves, especially Eucalyptus globulus.] |
| redgumnoun | The American sweetgum, Liquidambar styraciflua. |
| liquidambarnoun | The tree itself, or any other species of the genus Liquidambar, also called sweetgum. |
| black gumnoun | A tree native to eastern North America, Nyssa sylvatica. |
| liquidambernoun | Alternative form of liquidambar. [A resinous gum that exudes from the bark of the tree Liquidambar styraciflua.] |
| gumtreenoun | Alternative spelling of gum tree. [Any of various types of trees in various taxa; an individual of any such type.] |
| sweet-galenoun | (rare) Alternative form of sweet gale. [An herbal shrub with a sweet resinous scent, Myrica gale, growing on moors and fens.] |
| gumwoodnoun | Any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Commidendrum. |
| bilstednoun | The sweet gum. |
| white gumnoun | Any of numerous Eucalyptus species having smooth white bark. |
| silktreenoun | Alternative form of silk tree. [an Asiatic leguminous tree (Albizia julibrissin) with finely bipinnate leaves, and large flat pods; so called because of the abundant long silky stamens of its blossoms.] |
| rose gumnoun | Any of various eucalypts having rose-coloured bark or wood, especially Eucalyptus grandis. |
| spotted gumnoun | A tall species of gum tree with smooth spotted bark, Corymbia maculata, of eastern Australia. |
| gomihannoun | Alternative form of gumihan. [(Philippines) The tropical evergreen tree Artocarpus sericicarpus.] |
| sweetshrubnoun | A deciduous flowering plant of the genus Calycanthus with aromatic bark and flowers. |
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