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    TREE OF HEAVEN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    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 pollutionplay

    Synonyms:

    Ailanthus altissima; tree of heaven; tree of the gods

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("tree of heaven" is a kind of...):

    ailanthus (any of several deciduous Asian trees of the genus Ailanthus)

    Holonyms ("tree of heaven" 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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