ailanthus noun.
[eɪ'lanƟǝs] E19.[mod. Latin (also ailantus) from French ailanthe, (usu.) ailante from Amboinese ailanto lit. 'tree of heaven': infl. by names ending with -anthus from Greek anthos flower.]A tree of the mainly Asian genus
Ailanthus (family Simaroubaceae); esp. the tree of heaven,
A. altissima, an ornamental and shade tree.
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