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Webster 1913 Edition
Liquidambar
Liq′uid-amˊbar
(lĭk′wĭd-ămˊbẽr)
, Noun.
[
Liquid
+ amber
.] 1.
(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. 2.
The balsamic juice which is obtained from these trees by incision. The liquid balsam of the Oriental tree is liquid storax.
Definition 2024
Liquidambar
Liquidambar
Translingual
Proper noun
Liquidambar f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Altingiaceae – the sweetgum trees, formerly classified as Hamamelidaceae.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Saxifragales - order; Altingiaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Liquidambar styraciflua (American sweetgum) - type species; Liquidambar formosana (Chinese sweetgum), Liquidambar orientalis (oriental sweetgum), Liquidambar acalycina - other extant accepted species
Translations
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liquidambar
liquidambar
English
Noun
liquidambar (countable and uncountable, plural liquidambars)
- A resinous gum that exudes from the bark of the tree Liquidambar styraciflua