单词 | american red gum tree |
释义 | > as lemmasAmerican red gum tree 3. Chiefly U.S. More fully American red gum tree. The sweet gum, Liquidambar styraciflua. Cf. red gum n.2 4. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular tree or plant yielding useful gum or resin > [noun] > liquidambar tree sweet gum1700 copalm1775 red gum tree1839 liquidambar1843 satin walnut1879 red gum1883 1839 Southern Literary Messenger 5 113/2 Dislodge the rackoon from its lofty hole in the red-gum tree. 1937 G. S. Brady Materials Handbk. (ed. 3) 583 ‘Satin walnut’ is an English name for the wood of the American red gum tree, Liquidambar styraciflua, of the Southern States. 1952 Sunday Times Signal (Zanesville, Ohio) 19 Oct. 4/1 It is easy to spot a red gum tree among the Muskingum hills for there is none which more resembles a pillar of fire. 2003 J. A. Kent Riegel's Handbk. Industr. Chem. (ed. 10) vii. 240/1 The red gum tree of the southern United States exudes a yellowish balsamic liquid or gum from wounds, which is known as storax. < as lemmas |
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