liquidambar

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: liq=uid=am=bar

CIDE DICTIONARY

liquidambar, n. [Liquid + amber.].

•  A genus consisting of two species of tall trees having star-shaped leaves, and woody burlike fruit. Liquidambar styraciflua is the North American sweet qum, and Liquidambar Orientalis is found in Asia Minor.  [1913 Webster]
•  The balsamic juice which is obtained from these trees by incision. The liquid balsam of the Oriental tree is liquid storax.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

liquidambar, n.
1 any tree of the genus Liquidambar yielding a resinous gum.
2 this gum.

Etymology

mod.L app. f. L liquidus (see LIQUID) + med.L ambar amber