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Definition of American sweet gum
1. Noun. A North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap.
Exact synonyms: Bilsted, Liquidambar Styraciflua, Red Gum, Sweet Gum, Sweet Gum Tree
Group relationships: Genus Liquidambar, Liquidambar
Generic synonyms: Liquidambar
Terms within: Liquidambar, Sweet Gum
Group relationships: Genus Liquidambar, Liquidambar
Generic synonyms: Liquidambar
Terms within: Liquidambar, Sweet Gum
Lexicographical Neighbors of American Sweet Gum
Literary usage of American sweet gum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Transactions of the New York Academy of Medicine by New York Academy of Medicine (1897)
"Care should be taken to use the proper gum, as above indicated, which is the
American "sweet gum;" and not the gum from either the Styrax officinale L., ..."
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