Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Liquidambar, such as the sweet gum.
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- noun A
resinous gum that exudes from the bark of the tree Liquidambar styraciflua
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The other three winning entrants are Sara Lewis Holmes, liquidambar aka writerjenn, and Little Willow...and we couldn't resist giving an honorable mention to Alkelda the Gleeful, so for the next four weeks you'll be seeing the rest of those snappy answers cartoon-ified.
The WritingYA Weblog: Toon Thursday: Grand Prize Winner!! a. fortis 2007
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The other three winning entrants are Sara Lewis Holmes, liquidambar aka writerjenn, and Little Willow...and we couldn't resist giving an honorable mention to Alkelda the Gleeful, so for the next four weeks you'll be seeing the rest of those snappy answers cartoon-ified.
Archive 2007-10-01 a. fortis 2007
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Cordilleras, clothed with thick forests of "liquidambar," tree-ferns and sensitive plants.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Jules Verne 1866
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Another less important plant source of shikimic acid is the fruit of the liquidambar sweetgum tree.
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His helmet gleamed in the sunlight, white against the red and yellow leaves of the liquidambar trees.
My Resolution Jack Canfield 2008
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Further to that, though, liquidambar, I resent the implication in his post that people who read widely in the world of YA have necessarily limited their reading to YA books only.
The WritingYA Weblog: ...and furthermore...furthermore...and on top of that... tanita davis 2008
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His helmet gleamed in the sunlight, white against the red and yellow leaves of the liquidambar trees.
My Resolution Jack Canfield 2008
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However, you may thank liquidambar for the return of the ferrets this week, after clamoring for another critter cameo in last week's Toon Thursday comments.
Archive 2008-01-01 a. fortis 2008
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Used for their perfumed flowers: sweet gum liquidambar.
Astrology for Enlightenment Michelle Karén 2008
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However, you may thank liquidambar for the return of the ferrets this week, after clamoring for another critter cameo in last week's Toon Thursday comments.
The WritingYA Weblog: Toon Thursday: The Ferret Returns a. fortis 2008
chained_bear commented on the word liquidambar
"The light reached a noble tree that he took to be a liquidambar..."
--Patrick O'Brian, The Thirteen Gun Salute, 225
March 5, 2008
sionnach commented on the word liquidambar
Sounds like a stripper name.
March 5, 2008