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单词 sweet gum
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
sweet gum, 
    1. Plant Biologya tall, aromatic tree, Liquidambar styraciflua, of the eastern U.S., having star-shaped leaves and fruits in rounded, burlike clusters.
    2. Plant Biologythe hard reddish-brown wood of this tree, used for making furniture.
    3. Plant Biologythe amber balsam exuded by this tree, used in the manufacture of perfumes and medicines. Also called red gum (for defs. 1, 2).
    • 1690–1700, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
sweet gum n
  1. a North American liquidambar tree, Liquidambar styraciflua, having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap: the wood (called satin walnut) is used to make furniture
  2. the sap of this tree

Often shortened to: red gum
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