n 1 a  cap  :  a genus of trees of the witch hazel family (Hamamelidaceae) with monoecious flowers and a spiny globose fruit that is a cluster of many woody capsules  b  :  any tree of the genus Liquidambar  2  :  STORAX 2 .
 
 
 
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