noun
1. a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap
• Syn: ↑sweet gum, ↑sweet gum tree, ↑bilsted, ↑American sweet gum, ↑Liquidambar styraciflua
• Hypernyms: ↑liquidambar
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Liquidambar, ↑Liquidambar
• Substance Meronyms: ↑sweet gum, ↑liquidambar
2. red gum tree of Tasmania
• Syn: ↑peppermint, ↑peppermint gum, ↑Eucalyptus amygdalina
• Hypernyms: ↑eucalyptus, ↑eucalypt, ↑eucalyptus tree
3. very large red gum tree
• Syn: ↑marri, ↑Eucalyptus calophylla
• Hypernyms: ↑eucalyptus, ↑eucalypt, ↑eucalyptus tree
4. reddish-brown dried gummy exudation from any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus especially Eucalyptus camaldulensis
• Syn: ↑eucalyptus gum, ↑eucalyptus kino
• Hypernyms: ↑gum
• Substance Holonyms: ↑river red gum, ↑river gum, ↑Eucalyptus camaldulensis, ↑Eucalyptus rostrata
5. reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture
• Syn: ↑sweet gum, ↑satin walnut, ↑hazelwood
Useful english dictionary. 2012.