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Liquidambar

A genus consisting of two species of tall trees having star-shaped leaves, and woody burlike fruit. Liquidambar styraciflua is the North American sweet qum, and L. Orientalis is found in Asia Minor.

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Bilsted 76% connected

See Sweet gum.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Gum 76% connected

The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws.

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Bilsted 70% connected

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