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sweet gum
noun
1
: a North American tree (Liquidambar styraciflua of the family Altingiaceae, the sweet gum family) of the witch-hazel family with palmately lobed glossy green leaves, corky twigs, a round spiny brown fruit cluster, and hard wood
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: the smooth reddish-brown wood of the sweet gum
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Other species, such as red maples and sweet gums, produce new pigments—red and purple anthocyanins—especially for the fall.
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 18 Oct. 2024
Shiitake mushrooms grow best on oak, but other hardwoods such as elm, sweet gum, maple, and alder also work well.
—Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 July 2024
Overhead some osprey, a hawk and a bald eagle glided among the nearby tupelo, sweet gum and oak-hackberry forest trees.
—Ricky Carioti, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
Now all that remains in his yard is the treehouse, nestled within a triangle of sweet gum trees planted in the 1940s.
—Daryl James, Orange County Register, 1 May 2024
Large flocks of American robins filled the large sweet gum trees, some singing while others uttered their laughing-like call.
—Taylor Piephoff, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
On our first trip to England in 2006, my wife and I discovered by accident a sweet gum tree growing not far from our bed-and-breakfast in Kensington, in west London.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2023
Things can go sideways when the leaves are damp; if there is plentiful debris mixed with the leaves, such as pine needles, acorns, sweet gum seed pods, locust seed pods, acorns, and twigs; or if the wind is either steady and unfavorable or shifts around a lot.
—Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 10 July 2023
Otherwise, shade-tolerant plants, like red maple and sweet gum, outcompete the local species.
—Jamie Dickman, Popular Science, 14 June 2023
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 18 Oct. 2024
Shiitake mushrooms grow best on oak, but other hardwoods such as elm, sweet gum, maple, and alder also work well.
—Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 July 2024
Overhead some osprey, a hawk and a bald eagle glided among the nearby tupelo, sweet gum and oak-hackberry forest trees.
—Ricky Carioti, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
Now all that remains in his yard is the treehouse, nestled within a triangle of sweet gum trees planted in the 1940s.
—Daryl James, Orange County Register, 1 May 2024
Large flocks of American robins filled the large sweet gum trees, some singing while others uttered their laughing-like call.
—Taylor Piephoff, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
On our first trip to England in 2006, my wife and I discovered by accident a sweet gum tree growing not far from our bed-and-breakfast in Kensington, in west London.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2023
Things can go sideways when the leaves are damp; if there is plentiful debris mixed with the leaves, such as pine needles, acorns, sweet gum seed pods, locust seed pods, acorns, and twigs; or if the wind is either steady and unfavorable or shifts around a lot.
—Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 10 July 2023
Otherwise, shade-tolerant plants, like red maple and sweet gum, outcompete the local species.
—Jamie Dickman, Popular Science, 14 June 2023
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