GENUS LIQUIDAMBAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Liquidambar mean? 

• GENUS LIQUIDAMBAR (noun)
  The noun GENUS LIQUIDAMBAR has 1 sense:

1. sweet gum

  Familiarity information: GENUS LIQUIDAMBAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS LIQUIDAMBAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sweet gum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Liquidambar; Liquidambar

Hypernyms ("genus Liquidambar" is a kind of...):

plant genus (a genus of plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Liquidambar"):

liquidambar (any tree of the genus Liquidambar)

American sweet gum; bilsted; Liquidambar styraciflua; red gum; sweet gum; sweet gum tree (a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap)

Holonyms ("genus Liquidambar" is a member of...):

family Hamamelidaceae; Hamamelidaceae; witch-hazel family (comprises genera Hamamelis, Corylopsis, Fothergilla, Liquidambar, Parrotia, and other small genera)