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AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ailanthus altissima mean? 

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

1. 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 pollutionplay

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


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AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ailanthus altissima; tree of heaven; tree of the gods

Hypernyms ("Ailanthus altissima" is a kind of...):

ailanthus (any of several deciduous Asian trees of the genus Ailanthus)

Holonyms ("Ailanthus altissima" is a member of...):

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


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