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Sweet Gum

Definition: Sweet Gum

Sweet Gum

Noun

1. 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.
 


Specialty Definition: Sweet Gum

DomainDefinition

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 Gum

Synonyms: bilsted (n), hazelwood (n), liquidambar (n), red gum (n), satin walnut (n), sweet gum tree (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Sweet Gum

English words defined with "sweet gum": genus Liquidambar, gum, gum tree, gumwoodhazelwoodliquidambarred gumsatin walnut. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Sweet Gum

DomainTitle

Books

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Expressions: Sweet Gum

Expressions using "sweet gum": american sweet gum sweet gum tree. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Sweet Gum

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

sweet gum

25
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Modern Translation: Sweet Gum

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

   

Portuguese

  

liquidambar (American red gum, sap gum), copalme (American red gum, sap gum), bálsamo extraído da espécie lenhosa'liquidambum stryraciflua' (American storax). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

estoraque americano (American storax). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

amerikansk storax (American storax, American sweet gum, red gum), ambraträd (American red gum, American sweet gum, red gum, sap gum). (various references)

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Ancestral Language Translations: Sweet Gum

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Liquidambar styraciflua. (various references)

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Anagrams: Sweet Gum

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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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Translations: Ancient
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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