sweet gum tree vs Liquidambar styraciflua

sweet gum tree and Liquidambar styraciflua both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

sweet gum tree (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