noun
1.
a. : a No. American tree ( Liquidambar styraciflua ) with palmately lobed leaves, corky branches, and hard wood — see tree illustration
b. : heartwood of the sweet gum tree or the reddish brown lumber sawed from it and sometimes used as an imitation of mahogany and Circassian walnut — called also bilsted, gum, red gum, satin walnut
2. : the balsam produced by the sweet gum tree
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