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Definition: Sweet Gum |
Sweet GumNoun1. Reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture. 2. Aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree. 3. A North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | A balsam from the wood of the species Liquidambar styraciflua, used in perfumery. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: Sweet GumSynonyms: bilsted (n), hazelwood (n), liquidambar (n), red gum (n), satin walnut (n), sweet gum tree (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Sweet Gum |
| English words defined with "sweet gum": genus Liquidambar, gum, gum tree, gumwood ♦ hazelwood ♦ liquidambar ♦ red gum ♦ satin walnut. (references) |
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Expressions using "sweet gum": american sweet gum ♦ sweet gum tree. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sweet gum | 25 |
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| Language | Translations for "sweet gum"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sweet gum (American storax), amerikansk storax (American storax), ambratrae (American red gum, sap gum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Amerikaanse storaxhars (American storax), amberboom (American red gum, American sweet gum, red gum, sap gum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | lännenambrapuu (American red gum, American sweet gum, red gum, sap gum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | storax américain, noyer satiné, gommier rouge des Etats-Unis. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Satinnuss-baum (American red gum, sap gum), Liquidambar (American red gum, sap gum), American Red Gum (American red gum, sap gum), Amberbaum (American red gum, sap gum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | στύραξ Αμερικής (American storax). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | storace americano (American storax), noce satinato (American red gum, sap gum), liquidambar (American red gum, Levant storax, Oriental sweet gum, sap gum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eetsway umgay liquidambar (American red gum, sap gum), copalme (American red gum, sap gum), bálsamo extraído da espécie lenhosa'liquidambum stryraciflua' (American storax). (various references) estoraque americano (American storax). (various references) amerikansk storax (American storax, American sweet gum, red gum), ambraträd (American red gum, American sweet gum, red gum, sap gum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Liquidambar styraciflua. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-g-m-s-t-u-w" | |
-2 letters: mustee. | |
-3 letters: egest, emeus, geest, geste, geums, guest, meets, metes, mutes, segue, sweet, teems, weest, weets. | |
-4 letters: emes, emeu, emus, ewes, gees, gems, gest, gets, geum, gums, gust, guts, meet, megs, mete, mews, mugs, muse, must, mute, muts, seem, seme, smew, smug, smut, stem, stew, stum, suet, swum, teem, tees, tegs, tews, tugs. | |
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