Definition of Liquidembar
Liq"uid*am`bar
(l&ibreve;k"w&ibreve;d*ăm`b&etilde;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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Translingual
- a taxonomic genus, within family Hamamelidaceae - the sweetgum trees
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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