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Definition of Bilsted
1. Noun. A North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap.
Group relationships: Genus Liquidambar, Liquidambar
Generic synonyms: Liquidambar
Terms within: Liquidambar, Sweet Gum
Definition of Bilsted
1. n. See Sweet gum.
Definition of Bilsted
1. Noun. (botany) The sweetgum. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bilsted
1. a hardwood tree [n -S]
Medical Definition of Bilsted
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bilsted
Literary usage of Bilsted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of Woodcraft and Indian Lore by Ernest Thompson Seton (1921)
"... STAR-LEAVED OR RED GUM, bilsted, ALLIGATOR TREE OR LIQUIDAMBAR. (Liquidambar
Styraciflua) " A tall tree up to 150 feet high of low, moist woods, ..."
2. American Notes and Queries edited by William Shepard Walsh, Henry Collins Walsh, William H. Garrison, Samuel R. Harris (1890)
"A still more formidable objection is this : there is probably no kind of wood
less fitted for axe-handle material than this same bilsted. ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1896)
"The case of the bilsted (Liquidambar') is a puzzle, some of the branches of the
same tree having dextral phyllotaxy, and others having sinistral phyllotaxy; ..."
4. Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs: A Concise Description of the by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1915)
"A beautiful tree commonly 45-60 and Sweet Gum occasionally 140 feet high, with
a trunk Liquidambar diameter of 4—6 feet, the stem usually bilsted zontal ..."
5. Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year by New-York Historical Society (1902)
"... three silver table-spoons, three silver teaspoons, one pair gold buttons, one
gold ring, and one " bilsted " chest. Unto my son, William Sherlock, ..."
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