Liquidambar

See also: liquidambar, liquidámbar, and liquidâmbar

Translingual

Liquidambar styraciflua

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin liquidus (“liquid, fluid”) + Arabic عَنْبَر‎ (ʿanbar, “ambergris”). See liquid and amber for more.

Proper noun

Liquidambar f

A taxonomic genus within the family Altingiaceae – the sweetgum trees, formerly classified as Hamamelidaceae.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Saxifragales - order; Altingiaceae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Liquidambar styraciflua (American sweetgum) - type species; Liquidambar formosana (Chinese sweetgum), Liquidambar orientalis (oriental sweetgum), Liquidambar acalycina - other extant accepted species

Translations

tree

Nahuatl: Xochiocotzoquahuitl (nah)

Spanish: liquidámbar (es) m

Further reading

Liquidambar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Liquidambar on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Liquidambar on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Liquidambar at USDA Plants database
Liquidambar at Tropicos
Liquidambar at National Center for Biotechnology Information

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