liquidambar

noun

• a deciduous North American and Asian tree with maplelike leaves and bright autumn colors, yielding aromatic resinous balsam.

  • Genus Liquidambar, family Hamamelidaceae: several species, including L. orientalis of Asia, which yields liquid storax, and the sweet gum of North America
• liquid balsam obtained chiefly from the Asian liquidambar tree, used medicinally and in perfume. Also called storax.