sweet gum

noun

a tall, aromatic tree, Liquidambar styraciflua, of the eastern U.S., having star-shaped leaves and fruits in rounded, burlike clusters.

the hard reddish-brown wood of this tree, used for making furniture.

the amber balsam exuded by this tree, used in the manufacture of perfumes and medicines.

Also called red gum (for defs. 1, 2).

Origin of sweet gum

An Americanism dating back to 1690–1700

Words nearby sweet gum

sweeten the kitty, sweet fern, sweet flag, sweet gale, sweet grass, sweet gum, sweetheart, sweetheart agreement, sweetheart contract, sweetheart neckline, sweetie

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Example sentences from the Web for sweet gum

There is not a more characteristic tree known than the sweet-gum, or liquidambar.
Evolution|Joseph Le Conte
As he spoke he stopped to break off a drooping branch from a sweet-gum tree that grew near the road.
The Voice of the People|Ellen Glasgow
He had found among them a sweet-gum ball and a pine cone, and was applying them to the invariable test of taste.
His "Day In Court"|Charles Egbert Craddock (AKA Mary Noailles Murfree)
But as to the liquidambar, or sweet-gum, there can be no question.
Getting Acquainted with the Trees|J. Horace McFarland

Sweet-gum bark and copperas and make any cloth a purple color.
Slave Narratives Vol. XIV. South Carolina, Part 1|Various

British Dictionary definitions for sweet gum

sweet gum

noun

a North American liquidambar tree, Liquidambar styraciflua, having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap: the wood (called satin walnut) is used to make furnitureCompare sour gum

the sap of this tree

Often shortened to: red gum

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单词	sweet gum
释义	sweet gum noun a tall, aromatic tree, Liquidambar styraciflua, of the eastern U.S., having star-shaped leaves and fruits in rounded, burlike clusters. the hard reddish-brown wood of this tree, used for making furniture. the amber balsam exuded by this tree, used in the manufacture of perfumes and medicines. Also called red gum (for defs. 1, 2). Origin of sweet gum An Americanism dating back to 1690–1700 Words nearby sweet gum sweeten the kitty, sweet fern, sweet flag, sweet gale, sweet grass, sweet gum, sweetheart, sweetheart agreement, sweetheart contract, sweetheart neckline, sweetie Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sweet gum There is not a more characteristic tree known than the sweet-gum, or liquidambar. Evolution\|Joseph Le Conte As he spoke he stopped to break off a drooping branch from a sweet-gum tree that grew near the road. The Voice of the People\|Ellen Glasgow He had found among them a sweet-gum ball and a pine cone, and was applying them to the invariable test of taste. His "Day In Court"\|Charles Egbert Craddock (AKA Mary Noailles Murfree) But as to the liquidambar, or sweet-gum, there can be no question. Getting Acquainted with the Trees\|J. Horace McFarland Sweet-gum bark and copperas and make any cloth a purple color. Slave Narratives Vol. XIV. South Carolina, Part 1\|Various British Dictionary definitions for sweet gum sweet gum noun a North American liquidambar tree, Liquidambar styraciflua, having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap: the wood (called satin walnut) is used to make furnitureCompare sour gum the sap of this tree Often shortened to: red gum Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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