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    SWEET GUM TREE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sapplay

    Synonyms:

    American sweet gum; bilsted; Liquidambar styraciflua; red gum; sweet gum; sweet gum tree

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("sweet gum tree" is a kind of...):

    liquidambar (any tree of the genus Liquidambar)

    Meronyms (substance of "sweet gum tree"):

    liquidambar; sweet gum (aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree)

    Holonyms ("sweet gum tree" is a member of...):

    genus Liquidambar; Liquidambar (sweet gum)

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