AILANTHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ailanthus mean? 

• AILANTHUS (noun)
  The noun AILANTHUS has 1 sense:

1. any of several deciduous Asian trees of the genus Ailanthus

  Familiarity information: AILANTHUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AILANTHUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several deciduous Asian trees of the genus Ailanthus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("ailanthus" is a kind of...):

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ailanthus"):

Ailanthus altissima; tree of heaven; tree of the gods (deciduous rapidly growing tree of China with foliage like sumac and sweetish fetid flowers; widely planted in United States as a street tree because of its resistance to pollution)

Holonyms ("ailanthus" is a member of...):

genus Ailanthus (small genus of east Asian and Chinese trees with odd-pinnate leaves and long twisted samaras)