liquidambar

See also: Liquidambar, liquidámbar, liquidàmbar, and liquidâmbar

English

Etymology

From the genus name Liquidambar.

Noun

liquidambar (countable and uncountable, plural liquidambars)

  1. A resinous gum that exudes from the bark of the tree Liquidambar styraciflua.
  2. The tree itself, also called sweetgum.
    • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 135:
      Liquidambar maintains a European foothold in a small area of southwestern Turkey.

French

Noun

liquidambar m (plural liquidambars)

  1. liquidambar

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