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Sweet gum   /swit gəm/   Listen
Sweet gum

noun
1.
Reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture.  Synonyms: hazelwood, red gum, satin walnut.
2.
Aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree.  Synonym: liquidambar.
3.
A North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap.  Synonyms: American sweet gum, bilsted, Liquidambar styraciflua, red gum, sweet gum tree.





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Words linked to "Sweet gum" :   bilsted, gum, gumwood, genus Liquidambar


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