Sweet gum

Noun Sweet gum has 3 senses

• sweet gum(n = noun.plant) hazelwood, red gum, satin walnut - reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture;
is a kind of gum, gumwood

• sweet gum(n = noun.plant) liquidambar - aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree;
is a kind of gum

• sweet gum(n = noun.plant) american sweet gum, bilsted, liquidambar styraciflua, red gum, sweet gum tree - a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap;
is a member of genus liquidambar, liquidambar
is a kind of liquidambar