Liq'uid-ăm'bar or Liq'uid-ăm'ber, n.

n. [From liquid and amber, q. v.] (Bot.) A genus of trees growing in tropical regions, several species of which produce a transparent, balsamic juice, whence the name; also, the juice itself;—called likewise liquid storax, which is chiefly derived from the three species L. styraciflua, or sweet-gum, found in the United States, L. Orientale, and L. Altingia. Baird.