American sweet gum


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Noun1.American sweet gum - a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sapAmerican sweet gum - a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap
bilsted, Liquidambar styraciflua, sweet gum tree, sweet gum, red gum
genus Liquidambar, Liquidambar - sweet gum
liquidambar - any tree of the genus Liquidambar
liquidambar, sweet gum - aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree
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