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liquidambar definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree [syn: sweet gum, liquidambar]
2: any tree of the genus Liquidambar
3: sweet gum [syn: genus Liquidambar, Liquidambar]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin liquidus + Medieval Latin ambar, ambra amber Date: circa 1577 1. storax 1b 2. any of a genus (Liquidambar) of deciduous North American and Asian trees (as the sweet gum) of the witch-hazel family with monoecious flowers and a spiny globose fruit composed of many woody capsules each having two carpels

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 any tree of the genus Liquidambar yielding a resinous gum. 2 this gum. Etymology: mod.L app. f. L liquidus (see LIQUID) + med.L ambar amber

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Liquidambar Liq"uid*am`bar (l[i^]k"w[i^]d*[a^]m`b[~e]r), n. [Liquid + amber.] 1. (Bot.) A genus consisting of two species of tall trees having star-shaped leaves, and woody burlike fruit. Liquidambar styraciflua is the North American sweet qum, and L. Orientalis is found in Asia Minor. 2. The balsamic juice which is obtained from these trees by incision. The liquid balsam of the Oriental tree is liquid storax.