sweet gum

n 1: reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet

gum tree used to make furniture [syn: {satin walnut}, {hazelwood},

{red gum}]

2: aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree [syn: {liquidambar}]

3: a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having

prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap [syn: {sweet

gum tree}, {bilsted}, {red gum}, {American sweet gum}, {Liquidambar

styraciflua}]