red gum

Noun

• a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap

• reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture

• red gum tree of Tasmania

• very large red gum tree

• reddish-brown dried gummy exudation from any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus especially Eucalyptus camaldulensis

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  sweet gum , sweet gum tree , bilsted , American sweet gum , Liquidambar styraciflua , satin walnut , hazelwood , peppermint , peppermint gum , Eucalyptus amygdalina , marri , Eucalyptus calophylla , eucalyptus gum , eucalyptus kino