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sweet-gum

sweet-gum is the alternative form of sweet gum.

Meaning of sweet gum

Noun

sweet gum (plural sweet gums)

  1. Any of several Oriental and American trees the genus Liquidambar, having brilliant autumn coloration; their wood is used for furniture, wood pulp and plywood.
    1. Liquidambar styraciflua, the sweet gum tree.

Forms of sweet-gum

pluralsweet-gums

Questions about sweet-gum

What is sweet-gum the alternative form of?
Sweet-gum is the alternative form of sweet gum.

Words near sweet-gum in the dictionary

  1. sweet-clover
  2. sweet-clovers
  3. sweet-corn
  4. sweet-gale
  5. sweet-gales
  6. sweet-gum
  7. sweet-gums
  8. sweet-hearted
  9. sweet-heartedly
  10. sweet-heartedness
  11. sweet-leaf

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