n.
Pronunciation: ā - ' lan(t)-th ə s
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Kamarian (Austronesian language of the Piru Bay region, Seram) ai lanito, literally, the sky tree, or from a cognate phrase in a related central Moluccan language
Date: 1807
: any of a small Asian genus ( Ailanthus of the family Simaroubaceae, the ailanthus family) of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark, pinnate leaves, and terminal panicles of ill-scented greenish flowers especially : TREE OF HEAVEN