AMERICAN SWEET GUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does American sweet gum mean? 

• AMERICAN SWEET GUM (noun)
  The noun AMERICAN SWEET GUM has 1 sense:

1. a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap

  Familiarity information: AMERICAN SWEET GUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMERICAN SWEET GUM (noun)

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Meaning:

A North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American sweet gum; bilsted; Liquidambar styraciflua; red gum; sweet gum; sweet gum tree

Hypernyms ("American sweet gum" is a kind of...):

liquidambar (any tree of the genus Liquidambar)

Meronyms (substance of "American sweet gum"):

liquidambar; sweet gum (aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree)

Holonyms ("American sweet gum" is a member of...):

genus Liquidambar; Liquidambar (sweet gum)