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PRONUNCIATION OF SWEET GUM

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SWEET GUM

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Sweet gum is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SWEET GUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

sweet gum

Liquidambar

Liquidambar, commonly called sweetgum, gum, redgum, satin-walnut, or American storax, is a genus of five species of flowering plants in the family Altingiaceae, though formerly often treated in the Hamamelidaceae. They are all large, deciduous trees, 25–40 metres tall, with palmately 3- to 7-lobed leaves arranged spirally on the stems and length of 12.5 to 20 centimetres, having a pleasant aroma when crushed. Mature bark is grayish and vertically grooved. The flowers are small, produced in a dense globular inflorescence 1–2 centimetres diameter, pendulous on a 3–7 centimetres stem. The fruit is a woody multiple capsule 2–4 centimetres in diameter, containing numerous seeds and covered in numerous prickly, woody armatures, possibly to attach to fur of animals. The woody biomass is classified as hardwood. In more northerly climates, sweetgum is among the last of trees to leaf out in the spring, and also among the last of trees to drop its leaves in the fall, turning multiple colors. Although a temperate species, at least one living Liquidambar tree survives in a hot and humid tropical city: Bangkok, Thailand.

Definition of sweet gum in the English dictionary

The definition of sweet gum in the dictionary is the sap of this tree.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SWEET GUM

sweet cherry
sweet chestnut
sweet cicely
sweet cider
sweet clover
sweet corn
sweet fern
sweet flag
sweet gale
sweet grass
sweet herbs
sweet marjoram
sweet marten
sweet nothings
sweet oil
sweet on
sweet orange
sweet pea
sweet pepper
sweet potato

WORDS THAT END LIKE SWEET GUM

black gum
blue gum
bubble gum
chewing gum
fruit gum
ghost gum
grey gum
guar gum
kauri gum
red gum
river red gum
scribbly gum
snow gum
spirit gum
spotted gum
sugar gum
water gum
white gum
wine gum
xanthan gum

Synonyms and antonyms of sweet gum in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sweet gum» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SWEET GUM

Find out the translation of sweet gum to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sweet gum from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sweet gum» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

枫香
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

liquidámbar
570 millions of speakers

English

sweet gum
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मीठा गम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الصمغ الحلو
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сладкий резинки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

goma doce
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মিষ্টি গাম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gomme douce
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gula manis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Amber
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

モミジバフウ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

달콤한 껌
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Manis gum
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kẹo cao su ngọt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இனிப்பு பசை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गोड गम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tatlı sakızı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sweet gum
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

słodkie gumy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

солодкий гумки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gumă dulce
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γλυκιά τσίχλα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

soet tandvleis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sött tuggummi
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

søt gum
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sweet gum

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SWEET GUM»

The term «sweet gum» is regularly used and occupies the 61.854 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SWEET GUM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sweet gum

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SWEET GUM»

Discover the use of sweet gum in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sweet gum and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Sweet Gum Tree
The Sweet Gum Tree By Katherine AllredSweet tea, corn bread, and soup beans Xeveryday fare for eight-year-old Alix French, the precocious darling of a respected southern family.
Katherine Allred, 2005
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Sweet Gum
Eugene Burnside joined the Firm before he left school, running drugs.
Jo-Ann Goodwin, 2007
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Sunbonnets and Sweet Gum
Later in the season we made our way to the sweet-gum tree. The gum exuding from nicks made into its inner bark was superior to anything which has enriched Wrigley. The jelly-like drainage from cuts in the bark of the slippery-elm tree made ...
Pearl Lowe Boyd, 2001
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The North American sylva; or, A description of the forest of ...
Juss. Liquidambar styracifula. L. foliit palmatis, loliis acuminatis, dentatis; axitlis nervorum villosis. No tree has hitherto been found in North America so extensively diffused as the Sweet Gum. On the sea-shore it is seen, towards the northeast, ...
François André Michaux, Thomas Nuttall, 1853
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What Price Paradise
What Price ParadiseKatherine AllredAll his life Tate McCullom has been taught to be responsible, and he is the very model of what a respectable man should be.
Katherine Allred, 2005
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Farmers' Bulletin
... locust, maple (except Norway and Japanese), oaks (except pin and chestnut), redbud, sweet gum, tupelo, white poplar. CONTROL OF THE GRUBS Lawns and Golf Courses The grass in lawns, golf courses, and parks may be protected from  ...
‎1955
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Soil survey
Slight. Moderate. Slight. Slight- Slight to severe. Moderate. .- Slight to severe. Cottonwood, cherrybark oak, sweet- gum, water oak, sycamore, white oak, black walnut, hackberry, sweet pecan, and holly. Cypress, cottonwood, bottom-land oak, ...
United States. Bureau of Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1965
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Forest Products and Wood Science
A manufacturing plant has been producing interior furniture parts from American sycamore but is considering changing to sweet gum. The most important property for these parts is bending and screw-holding strength. Will sweet gum have ...
Rubin Shmulsky, P. David Jones, 2011
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Soil Survey of ...
... ar— — Northern red oak- Sweet gum— — — — - Loblolly pine— Shortleaf pine Yellow-poplar— Northern red oak — Sweet gum— — — — - Loblolly pine— — Shortleaf pine— Yellow-poplar Northern red oak- Sweet gum— — — — Loblolly ...
‎1979
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Soil survey
... oak Water oak Cherry bark red oak Swamp white oak Southern red oak Ash Yellow poplar Sycamore Cottonwood Sweet gum Cypress Bur oak Cottonwood Sweet gum Sycamore Ash Yellow poplar Pin oak Cypress Black walnut Moderate to ...
United States Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1964

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SWEET GUM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sweet gum is used in the context of the following news items.
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Chesterfield looking to curb sweet gum tree mess
CHESTERFIELD, MO (KTVI) – If you have a sweet gum tree in your yard you know there is nothing very sweet about them, thanks to those thorny balls they drop ... «fox2now.com, May 15»
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Chesterfield sours on sweet gums
CHESTERFIELD • Chesterfield soon could be declaring war on sweet gum trees and what some call the dangerous gum balls they produce. The City Council ... «STLtoday.com, May 15»
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Gardening column: Sweet gum tree's seed pods cause yard problems
Q: I have a sweet gum tree that is a nuisance. I love how the tree looks but it drops these sharp spiny spiky balls all over the grass and clean up is a huge ... «News Sentinel, Jul 14»
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Dozens of old oak trees succumb to drought; sweet gum removal …
Apparent victims of past droughts, dozens of old oak trees in Springfield's parks are dying. Springfield Park District arborist Chuck Smith estimated that crews ... «The State Journal-Register, Jul 14»
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How to grow your own shiitake mushrooms
Spawn will grow faster in sweet gum than in oak because sweet gum is a softer wood than oak. Shiitake mushroom spawn. Can be ordered online in the form of ... «Mother Nature Network, May 14»
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NATIVE PLANTS: Pa.'s 'invasive native' trees
The sweet gum is noteworthy for its spiky brown spherical seed balls. Trees have to be mature in order to produce the seed balls (also confusingly known as ... «Voices of Central Pennsylvania, Apr 14»
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Stu Hawbaker: The ugly side of Sweet Gum trees
Most people who have Sweet Gum trees develop a “love-hate” relationship with their tree or trees. These trees have pretty star-shaped leaves with either 5 or 7 ... «Herald & Review, Apr 14»
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Deep Ellum cheese maker planted in bid to save tree
Mozzarella Company founder Paula Lambert planted a sweet gum in front of her Deep Ellum business, but the tree is ensnarled in power lines and could be cut ... «Dallas Morning News, Mar 14»
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Drying Twisted Wood and Knowing When to Walk Away
One of my favorite stories to tell people is from my early milling days when I tried to dry some sweet gum. The customer wanted to make flooring out of the tree, ... «woodworkingnetwork.com, Jan 14»
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Nettlesome sweet gums might be on the chopping block in …
Sweet gums are notoriously big trees, straight-up growers that can rise more 100 feet high and be more than 3 feet around. They thrive in wetland habitats and ... «Charleston Post Courier, Nov 13»

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