noun
a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap
• Syn: ↑sweet gum, ↑sweet gum tree, ↑red gum, ↑American sweet gum, ↑Liquidambar styraciflua
• Hypernyms: ↑liquidambar
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Liquidambar, ↑Liquidambar
• Substance Meronyms: ↑sweet gum, ↑liquidambar
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\\ˈbilˌsted\ noun (-s)Etymology: origin unknown
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/bil"sted/, n.
the liquidambar tree.
[1755-65, Amer.; orig. uncert.]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.