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TREE OF THE GODS
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I. (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
Synonyms:
Ailanthus altissima; tree of heaven; tree of the gods
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tree of the gods" is a kind of...):
ailanthus (any of several deciduous Asian trees of the genus Ailanthus)
Holonyms ("tree of the gods" 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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