Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name for the sweet-gum tree of North America, Liquidambar Styraciflua.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The yellowish, fragrant balsam yielded by the sweet gum; also, the tree itself.
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A kind of oil, called copalm, is extracted from it in Mexico, which, when solidified, is called copalm resin; this is an excitant of the mucous system, and it is given in chronic catarrhs, and in affections of the lungs, intestines, and urinary passages.
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