释义 |
sweet gum noun 1. a. : a No. American tree (Liquidambar styraciflua) with palmately lobed leaves, corky branches, and hard wood — see tree illustration b. : heartwood of the sweet gum tree or the reddish brown lumber sawed from it and sometimes used as an imitation of mahogany and Circassian walnut — called also bilsted, gum, red gum, satin walnut 2. : the balsam produced by the sweet gum tree [sweet gum 1] |