liquidambar

/ˌlɪkwəˌˈdæmbər/

Other forms: liquidambars

Definitions of liquidambar

1. noun

   any tree of the genus Liquidambar
   types:

   American sweet gum, Liquidambar styraciflua, bilsted, red gum, sweet gum, sweet gum tree

   a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap

   type of:

   gum, gum tree

   any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum
2. noun

   aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree
   synonyms: sweet gum

   type of:

   gum

   any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying