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Tree of heaven   /tri əv hˈɛvən/   Listen
Tree of heaven

noun
1.
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 the gods.






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"Tree of heaven" Quotes from Famous Books



... account for the amused and even censuring looks of some of the other guests, till she heard that it was expected that she should have helped herself to one bunch only of the hothouse treasure.] magnolias with their fragrant blossoms, and that queen of trees the beautiful ilanthus, the "tree of heaven" as it is called; and everywhere foliage so luxuriant that it looked as if autumn and decay could never come. And in a hollow near us lay the huge city, so full of life, its busy hum rising to the height where I stood; and 200 ...
— The Englishwoman in America • Isabella Lucy Bird



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