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Noun: sweet gum tree
  1. A North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap
    - sweet gum, bilsted, red gum, American sweet gum, Liquidambar styraciflua

Derived forms: sweet gum trees

Type of: liquidambar

Part of: genus Liquidambar, Liquidambar

Encyclopedia: Sweet gum tree