Flowering trees and shrubs, such as mimosa (silk tree), or those that blossom, including rose-of-sharon, black locust, horse chestnut and sweetgum, also are great attention-getters.— Latest News from SYS-CON ITALIA
The pole could be sycamore, willow, hickory, sweetgum or persimmon, but the bark had to remain attached.— Entertainment
Several tall white oaks shade the building, along with the largest holly tree I've seen outside England, and the ground is covered with the bristly seedpods of sweetgum trees.— the cassandra pages
No incidents really, except when an exuberant child threw a sweetgum seedpod into the street and it hit a shiny black Lexus driven by an A-type personality, who promptly pulled right over, blocking traffic, and got out to confront the child angrily.
Well, hell, no one wanted to associate with those little kids who threw the sweetgum seedpod at the car either!
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