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BILSTED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bilsted mean?
• BILSTED (noun)
The noun BILSTED has 1 sense:
1. a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap
Familiarity information: BILSTED used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
American sweet gum; bilsted; Liquidambar styraciflua; red gum; sweet gum; sweet gum tree
Hypernyms ("bilsted" is a kind of...):
liquidambar (any tree of the genus Liquidambar)
Meronyms (substance of "bilsted"):
liquidambar; sweet gum (aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree)
Holonyms ("bilsted" is a member of...):
genus Liquidambar; Liquidambar (sweet gum)
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