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sweet gum

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English

Syllables
sweet- gum
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several Oriental and American trees the genus Liquidambar, having brilliant autumn coloration; their wood is used for furniture, wood pulp and plywood.

noun

Any of several Oriental and American trees the genus Liquidambar, having brilliant autumn coloration; their wood is used for furniture, wood pulp and plywood.

Inflected Forms

sweet gums (plural) sweetgum (alternative) sweet-gum (alternative)

Phrases

American sweetgum Chang's sweetgum Chinese sweetgum Formosan sweetgum oriental sweetgum Turkish sweetgum

Frequently Paired Words

black gum

Synonyms

sweet gum tree bilsted red gum american sweet gum liquidambar styraciflua liquidambar satin walnut hazelwood

Questions

What does sweet gum mean?
Any of several Oriental and American trees the genus Liquidambar, having brilliant autumn coloration; their wood is used for furniture, wood pulp and plywood.

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