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Definition of Genus liquidambar
1. Noun. Sweet gum.
Generic synonyms: Plant Genus
Group relationships: Family Hamamelidaceae, Hamamelidaceae, Witch-hazel Family
Member holonyms: Liquidambar, American Sweet Gum, Bilsted, Liquidambar Styraciflua, Red Gum, Sweet Gum, Sweet Gum Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Liquidambar
Literary usage of Genus liquidambar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"Genus LIQUIDAMBAR, Linn. (L. Styraciflua) SWEET GUM The relationship of the witch
hazel and sweet gum is not obvious to the general observer. ..."
2. Medicinal Plants: Being Descriptions with Original Figures of the Principal ...by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen (1880)
"It is not known to occur in any of the islands of the Archipelago, nor in Rhodes
or Cyprus.* The similarity of the genus Liquidambar to Platanus, ..."
3. Wood and Other Organic Structural Materials by Charles Henry Snow (1917)
"One genus (Liquidambar) contributes about four species, which grow in many places
in the eastern part of the United States and parts of Mexico, ..."
4. Wood and Other Organic Structural Materials by Charles Henry Snow (1917)
"One genus (Liquidambar) contributes about four species, which grow in many places
in the eastern part of the United States and parts of Mexico, ..."
5. Wood and Other Organic Structural Materials by Charles Henry Snow (1917)
"One genus (Liquidambar) contributes about four species, which grow in many places
in the eastern part of the United States and parts of Mexico, ..."