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Alternative forms

• sweetgum, sweet-gum

Noun

sweet gum ‎(plural sweet gums)

1. any of several Oriental and American trees, of the genus Liquidambar, having brilliant autumn coloration; their wood is used for furniture, woodpulp and plywood
   1. Liquidambar styraciflua, the sweet gum tree.

Derived terms

• American sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
• Chang's sweetgum (Liquidambar acalycina)
• Chinese sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
• Formosan sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
• oriental sweetgum (Liquidambar orientalis)
• Turkish sweetgum (Liquidambar orientalis)

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