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Webster 1913 Edition

(lĭk′wĭd-ămˊbẽr)

Noun.

[

Liquid

amber

(Bot.)

A genus consisting of two species of tall trees having star-shaped leaves, and woody burlike fruit.

Liquidambar styraciflua

is the North American

sweet qum

, and

Liquidambar Orientalis

is found in Asia Minor.

The balsamic juice which is obtained from these trees by incision. The liquid balsam of the Oriental tree is liquid storax.

See also: liquidambar, Liquidambar, and liquidámbar

liquidâmbar m (plural liquidâmbares)