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6 words match “QUIDAM”

QUIDAM n.
Somebody; one unknown. Spenser.
LIQUIDAMBAR n. 2 definitions
sting 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.
LIQUIDAMBER n.
See Liquidambar.
AMBER n.
The balsam, liquidambar. Black amber, and old and popular name for jet.
GUM n.
e of the genus Eucalyptus. See Eucalpytus. (c) The sweet gum tree of the United States (Liquidambar styraciflua), a large and beautiful tree with pointedly lobed leaves and woody burlike fruit. It exudes an aromatic terebinthine juice. -- Gum water, a solution of gum, esp. of gum arabic, in water. -- Gum wood, the wo…
ROSEMALOES n.
The liquid storax of the East Indian Liquidambar orientalis.