liquidambar

See also: Liquidambar, liquidámbar, liquidàmbar, and liquidâmbar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Liquidambar.

Noun

liquidambar (countable and uncountable, plural liquidambars)

1. A resinous gum that exudes from the bark of the tree Liquidambar styraciflua.
2. The tree itself, or any other species of the genus Liquidambar, also called sweetgum.

   Synonym: sweet gum

   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 135:

     Liquidambar maintains a European foothold in a small area of southwestern Turkey.

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

liquidambar m (plural liquidambars)

1. liquidambar

Further reading

• “liquidambar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.