English Explanatory Dictionary

sweet gum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several Oriental and American trees the genus Liquidambar, having brilliant autumn coloration; their wood is used for furniture, wood pulp and plywood.
  2. Liquidambar styraciflua, the sweet gum tree.

Word forms

sweet gum sweet gums sweetgum sweet-gum

Derived words

American sweetgum Chang's sweetgum Chinese sweetgum Formosan sweetgum oriental sweetgum Turkish sweetgum

Translations

Arabic: عَنْبَر دَمَّاع Arabic: مَيْعَة سَائِلَة Arabic: لِيْكِيْدَنْبَار Catalan: liquidàmbar Cherokee: ᏥᎳᎷ Chinese Mandarin: 楓香樹 /枫香树 Czech: ambroň Danish: ambratræ Finnish: ambrapuu French: liquidambar French: copalme German: Amberbäume Greek: υγράμβαρη Ancient Greek: στύραξ Japanese: フウ Latin: styrax Latin: storax Nahuatl: ocotzocuahuitl Nahuatl: xochiocotzoquahuitl Polish: ambrowiec Polish: ambra Portuguese: liquidâmbar Russian: ликвида́мбар Spanish: liquidámbar Turkish: sığla ağacı Turkish: sığla
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