LIQUIDAMBAR


Meaning of LIQUIDAMBAR in English

n.

Pronunciation: ˌ li-kw ə - ' dam-b ə r

Function: noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin liquidus + Medieval Latin ambar, ambra amber

Date: circa 1577

1 : STORAX 1B

2 : any of a genus ( Liquidambar ) of deciduous No. American and Asian trees (as the sweet gum) of the witch-hazel family with monoecious flowers and a spiny globose fruit composed of many woody capsules each having two carpels

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