sweetgum; redgum; American sweetgum
Refers to the tree Liquidambar styraciflua, known for its maple-like leaves and colorful autumn foliage. In Japanese, the katakana name is standard.
Sweetgum trees are planted in the park.
The autumn leaves of the sweetgum are very beautiful.
Hiragana spelling; less common than katakana but still encountered.
Kanji spelling is rare and mainly found in botanical contexts; the reading is not obvious from the characters.
From 紅葉 (もみじ, 'maple leaves') + 葉 (ば, 'leaf') + 楓 (ふう, 'sweetgum'), describing the maple-like leaves of this sweetgum species. The katakana form is standard for plant names.