American sweet gum vs Liquidambar styraciflua

American sweet gum and Liquidambar styraciflua both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
American sweet gum	Yes	No	No	No
Liquidambar styraciflua	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, American sweet gum and Liquidambar styraciflua are synonyms defined as:

American sweet gum and Liquidambar styraciflua: a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap

Other synonyms of American sweet gum include bilsted, red gum, sweet gum, sweet gum tree.

American sweet gum (noun)	Liquidambar styraciflua (noun)
a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap	a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap