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AILANTHUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several deciduous Asian trees of the genus Ailanthus
Classified under:
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)
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