"sweet gum" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sweet gums [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sweet gum (plural sweet gums)
  1. any of several Oriental and American trees, of the genus Liquidambar, having brilliant autumn coloration; their wood is used for furniture, woodpulp and plywood Categories (lifeform): Saxifragales order plants
    Sense id: en-sweet_gum-en-noun-6ZVrOqOo Disambiguation of Saxifragales order plants: 45 55
  2. any of several Oriental and American trees, of the genus Liquidambar, having brilliant autumn coloration; their wood is used for furniture, woodpulp and plywood
    Liquidambar styraciflua, the sweet gum tree.
    Categories (lifeform): Saxifragales order plants Synonyms: sweetgum, sweet-gum Derived forms: American sweetgum (taxonomic: Liquidambar styraciflua), Chang's sweetgum (taxonomic: Liquidambar acalycina), Chinese sweetgum (taxonomic: Liquidambar formosana), Formosan sweetgum (taxonomic: Liquidambar formosana), oriental sweetgum (taxonomic: Liquidambar orientalis), Turkish sweetgum (taxonomic: Liquidambar orientalis) Translations (tree): στύραξ (stúrax) (Ancient Greek), liquidàmbar [masculine] (Catalan), ᏥᎳᎷ (tsilalu) (Cherokee), ambroň (Czech), ambratræ [neuter] (Danish), ambrapuu (Finnish), Amberbäume (German), フウ () (Japanese), styrax (Latin), storax (Latin), 枫香树 (fēngxiāngshù) (Mandarin), ocotzocuahuitl (Nahuatl), xōchiocotzocuahuitl (Nahuatl), ambrowiec [masculine] (Polish), ambra [feminine] (Polish), liquidâmbar [masculine] (Portuguese), ликвида́мбар (likvidámbar) [masculine] (Russian), liquidámbar (Spanish), sığla ağacı (Turkish), sığla (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-sweet_gum-en-noun-FUnEVUzL Disambiguation of Saxifragales order plants: 45 55 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 27 73 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 37 63 Disambiguation of 'tree': 34 66

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