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GENUS AILANTHUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of east Asian and Chinese trees with odd-pinnate leaves and long twisted samaras
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Ailanthus" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Ailanthus"):
ailanthus (any of several deciduous Asian trees of the genus 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 ("genus Ailanthus" is a member of...):
family Simaroubaceae; quassia family; Simaroubaceae (chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruit)
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