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liquidambar

liq.uid.am.bar \.lik-w*-'dam-b*r\ n [NL, genus name, fr. L liquidus + ML 
   ambar amber] 1: any of a genus (Liquidambar) of trees of the witch hazel 
   family wi th monoecious flowers and a globose fruit of many woody carpels 
   2: an American storax from the sweet gum (Liquidambar styraciflua)