TREE OF HEAVEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tree of heaven mean? 

• TREE OF HEAVEN (noun)
  The noun TREE OF HEAVEN 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 pollution

  Familiarity information: TREE OF HEAVEN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TREE OF HEAVEN (noun)

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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 ("tree of heaven" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("tree of heaven" is a member of...):

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