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What (who) is sweet gum - definition

GENUS OF PLANTS
Sweet-gum; Sweet gum; Liquidamabar; Liquid ambar; Altingia; Liquid amber; Semiliquidambar; Sweet Gum; Sweetgum; Liquidamber; Sweet gum ball; Sweet gum balls; Sweetgum balls; Sweetgum ball
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  • ''L. styraciflua'' fruits on stem with seeds to the side
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sweet gum         
¦ noun a North American liquidambar tree which yields a balsam and decorative heartwood. [Liquidambar styraciflua.]
Liquidambar formosana         
SPECIES OF PLANT
User:Hyejchoi/sandbox; Chinese sweet gum; Formosan maple; Lulutong
Liquidambar formosana, commonly known as the Taiwanese sweet gum or Formosan gum, is a species of tree in the family Altingiaceae native to East Asia.
sweet-gum         
n.
Liquidambar (Liquidambar styraciflua).

Wikipedia

Liquidambar

Liquidambar, commonly called sweetgum (star gum in the UK),gum, redgum, satin-walnut, or American storax, is the only genus in the flowering plant family Altingiaceae and has 15 species. They were formerly often treated in Hamamelidaceae. They are native to Southeast and east Asia, the eastern Mediterranean and eastern North America. They are decorative deciduous trees that are used in the wood industry and for ornamental purposes.

Examples of use of sweet gum
1. Other details of the latest design for the 1,776–foot Freedom Tower include landscaped plazas, sweet gum trees on cobblestone plazas and a fountain with a glass base.
2. It is now a low–lying 1,500–acre tract of loblolly pines, sweet gum trees and marsh grass on the lower James about 150 miles south of Washington.