sweet gum

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sweet gum

noun sweet gums · sweetgum · sweet-gum

  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.

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noun any tree of the genus Liquidambar

Españolliquidámbar
日本語フウ fū
中文楓香樹 /枫香树 fēngxiāngshù
Portuguêsliquidâmbar
Françaisliquidambar, copalme
DeutschAmberbaum
Ελληνικάυγράμβαρη ygrámvari
Русскийликвида́мбар likvidámbar
العربيةعَنْبَر دَمَّاع ʕanbar dammāʕ, مَيْعَة سَائِلَة, لِيكِيدَنْبَار līkīdanbār

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@misc{sweet_gum_2026,
  title = {sweet gum},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sweet%20gum},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}