sweet gum

See also: sweetgum

English

Alternative forms

sweetgum, sweet-gum

Noun

sweet gum (plural sweet gums)

any of several Oriental and American trees, of the genus Liquidambar, having brilliant autumn coloration; their wood is used for furniture, woodpulp and plywood
1. Liquidambar styraciflua, the sweet gum tree.

Derived terms

Translations

tree

Cherokee: ᏥᎳᎷ (tsilalu)
Czech: ambroň
Danish: ambratræ n
Finnish: ambrapuu (fi)
German: Amberbäume (de)
Japanese: フウ (ja) (fuu)
Latin: liquidambar

Mandarin: 枫香树 (zh) (fēngxiāngshù)
Nahuatl: ocotzocuahuitl, xōchiocotzocuahuitl
Portuguese: liquidâmbar m
Russian: ликвида́мбар (ru) m (likvidámbar)
Spanish: liquidámbar (es)
Turkish: sığla ağacı (tr), sığla (tr)

Further reading

sweet gum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Liquidambar on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Liquidambar on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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