LIQUID See also:

• AMBER

AMBER See also:

• LIQUID AMBER LIQUIDAMBAR

LIQUIDAMBAR  or SWEET See also:

• GUM (Fr. gomme, Lat. gommi, Gr. Kµµ1, possibly a Coptic word; distinguish " gum," the fleshy covering of the base of a tooth, in O. Eng. gbma, palate, cf. Ger. Gaumen, roof of the mouth; the ultimate origin is probably the root gha, to open wide, seen in

Gum, a product of See also:

• LIQUIDAMBAR, LIQUID AMBER

Liquidambar styraciflua (See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order Hamamelideae), a See also:

• DECIDUOUS (from Lat. decidere, to fall down)

deciduous See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree of from 8o to 140 ft. high, with a straight See also:

• TRUNK (Fr. tronc, Lat. truncus, cut off, maimed)

trunk 4 or 5 ft. in See also:

• DIAMETER (from the Cr. &a, through, µErpov, measure)

diameter, a native of the See also:

• UNITED

United States, See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico and Central See also:

• AMERICA

America . It bears palmately-lobed leaves, somewhat resembling those of the See also:

• MAPLE, SIR JOHN BLUNDELL, BART

maple, but larger . The male and See also:

• FEMALE

female inflorescences are on different branches of the same tree, the globular heads of See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit resembling those of the See also:

• PLANE

plane . This See also:

• SPECIES

species is nearly allied to L. orientalis, a native of a very restricted portion of the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• ASIA

Asia See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

Minor, where it forms forests . The earliest See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record of the tree appears to be in a See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• WORK

work by F . Hernandez, published in 1651, in which he describes it as a large tree producing a fragrant gum resembling liquid See also:

• AMBER

amber, whence the name (Nov . Plant., &c., p.56) . In See also:

• RAY (Lat. raia)
• RAY (or WRAY, as he wrote his name till 1670), JOHN (1628-1705)

Ray's Historia Planlarum (1686) it is called Styrax liquida . It was introduced into See also:

• EUROPE

Europe in 1681 by See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Banister, the missionary See also:

• COLLECTOR

collector sent out by See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

Bishop See also:

• COMPTON, HENRY (1632-1713)

Compton, who planted it in the See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace gardens at See also:

• FULHAM

Fulham . The See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood is very compact and See also:

• FINE

fine-grained—the See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart-wood being reddish, and, when cut into planks, marked transversely with blackish belts . It is employed for veneering in America . Being readily dyed See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black, it is sometimes used instead of See also:

• EBONY (Gr. E(3evos)

ebony for picture frames, balusters, &c.; but it is too liable to decay for out-See also:

• DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the English word, with other forms common in allied languages, comes from the same Indo-European stem as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)

door work .

The gum See also:

• RESIN (through O.Fr. resine, modern reline, from Lat. resina, prcbably Latinized from Greek Pirivrt, resin)

resin yielded by this tree has no See also:

• SPECIAL

special medicinal virtues, being inferior in therapeutic properties to many others of its class . Mixed with See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco, the gum was used for smoking at the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of the Mexican emperors (See also:

• HUMBOLDT, FRIEDRICH HEINRICH ALEXANDER, BARON
• HUMBOLDT, KARL WILHELM VON (1767-1835)

Humboldt iv . 1o) . It has See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long been used in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France as a perfume for gloves, &c . It is mainly produced in Mexico, little being obtained from trees growing in higher latitudes of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North America, or in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England .