Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sweet_gum

3 senses of sweet gum

Sense 1
sweet gum, satin walnut, hazelwood, red gum -- (reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture)
       => gumwood, gum -- (wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum)

Sense 2
sweet gum, liquidambar -- (aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree)
       => gum -- (any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying)

Sense 3
sweet gum, sweet gum tree, bilsted, red gum, American sweet gum, Liquidambar styraciflua -- (a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap)
       => liquidambar -- (any tree of the genus Liquidambar)