sweet gum

Noun

• a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap

• aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree

• reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  sweet gum tree , bilsted , red gum , American sweet gum , Liquidambar styraciflua , liquidambar , satin walnut , hazelwood