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GENUS LIQUIDAMBAR

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Sweet gum

Synonyms:

genus Liquidambar; Liquidambar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Liquidambar" is a kind of...):

plant genus (a genus of plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Liquidambar"):

liquidambar (any tree of the genus Liquidambar)

American sweet gum; bilsted; Liquidambar styraciflua; red gum; sweet gum; sweet gum tree (a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap)

Holonyms ("genus Liquidambar" is a member of...):

family Hamamelidaceae; Hamamelidaceae; witch-hazel family (comprises genera Hamamelis, Corylopsis, Fothergilla, Liquidambar, Parrotia, and other small genera)

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