Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Liquidambar \Liq"uid*am`bar\ (l[i^]k"w[i^]d*[a^]m`b[~e]r), n.
   [Liquid + amber.]
   1. (Bot.) 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.

   2. The balsamic juice which is obtained from these trees by
      incision. The liquid balsam of the Oriental tree is liquid
      storax.