LIQUIDAMBAR


Meaning of LIQUIDAMBAR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌli-kwə-ˈdam-bər ]

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 North 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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