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Ailanthus

noun

Any of several deciduous Asian trees of the genus Ailanthus.

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"Ailanthus" Quotes from Famous Books

... trees can be easily raised from root-cuttings or from suckers which grow up from roots. The Ailanthus, or "Tree of Heaven," is best raised in this way. Of this tree there are three kinds, two of which have disagreeable odors when in bloom, but the other is nearly odorless. By using the roots or the suckers of the third kind, only those ...

— Trees of the Northern United States - Their Study, Description and Determination • Austin C. Apgar

... parallel streets, one upon the water level, the other much higher, with intersecting lanes. There were brick and frame houses, modest enough; there were three small, white-spired churches, many locust and ailanthus trees, a covered bridge thrown across the river to a village upon the farther side and, surrounding all, a noble frame of mountains. There was, ...

— The Long Roll • Mary Johnston

Words linked to "Ailanthus" : tree of heaven, angiospermous tree, tree of the gods, flowering tree