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Limericks on sweetgum

Limerick #84561	bilsted
By PGS Revised: 29 Oct 2013 Defines: bilsted American sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua sweetgum Status: approved Topics: Plants: Trees	Quote Me! Link This tree is called bilsted at home In its native surroundings, say Rome (In Georgia, not Italy). Its leaves, colored prettily In fall, make it look polychrome. The genus name Liquidambar refers to the resin (or liquid amber) which was earlier used as a chewing gum, hence another common name of the tree is sweetgum.

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