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Webster 1913 Edition
Liquidambar
Liq′uid-amˊbar
(lĭk′wĭd-ămˊbẽr)
, Noun.
[
Liquid
+ amber
.] 1.
(Bot.)
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. 2.
The balsamic juice which is obtained from these trees by incision. The liquid balsam of the Oriental tree is liquid storax.