American sweet gum

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Noun1.American sweet gum - a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sapAmerican sweet gum - a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap
liquidambar - any tree of the genus Liquidambar
liquidambar, sweet gum - aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree
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They harvest the plant, also known as American sweetgum, on government-sanctioned indigenous land through a benefits-sharing arrangement.
Some large trees, mostly water oaks (Quercus nigra), eastern black walnuts (Juglans nigra), shagbark hickories (Carya ovata), and American sweetgums (Liquidambar styraciflua), were scattered across the area; remnants of forest that was cut ca.
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