Liquidambar

See also: liquidambar, liquidámbar, and liquidâmbar

Translingual

Liquidambar styraciflua

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin liquidus (“liquid, fluid”) + Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”). See liquid and amber for more.

Proper noun

Liquidambar f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Altingiaceae – the sweetgum trees, formerly classified as Hamamelidaceae.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Saxifragales - order; Altingiaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Liquidambar styraciflua (American sweetgum) - type species; Liquidambar formosana (Chinese sweetgum), Liquidambar orientalis (oriental sweetgum), Liquidambar acalycina - other extant accepted species

Translations

tree

• Nahuatl: Xochiocotzoquahuitl (nah)
• Spanish: liquidámbar (es) m

References

• Liquidambar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Liquidambar on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Liquidambar on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Liquidambar at USDA Plants database
• Liquidambar at Tropicos
• Liquidambar at National Center for Biotechnology Information