AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA

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 I. (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

Synonyms:

Ailanthus altissima; tree of heaven; tree of the gods

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Nouns denoting plants

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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