sweet gum

/swit gəm/

Other forms: sweet gums

Definitions of sweet gum

1. noun

   a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap
   synonyms: American sweet gum, Liquidambar styraciflua, bilsted, red gum, sweet gum tree

   type of:

   liquidambar

   any tree of the genus Liquidambar
2. noun

   reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture
   synonyms: hazelwood, red gum, satin walnut

   type of:

   gum, gumwood

   wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum
3. noun

   aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree
   synonyms: liquidambar

   type of:

   gum

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