Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Liquidambar"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Liquidambar \Liq"uid*am`bar\ (l[i^]k"w[i^]d*[a^]m`b[~e]r), n.
[Liquid + amber.]
1. (Bot.) A genus consisting of two species of tall trees
having star-shaped leaves, and woody burlike fruit.
{Liquidambar styraciflua} is the North American sweet qum,
and {L. Orientalis} is found in Asia Minor.
2. The balsamic juice which is obtained from these trees by
incision. The liquid balsam of the Oriental tree is liquid
storax.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
liquidambar
n 1: aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree [syn: {sweet gum}]
2: any tree of the genus Liquidambar
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