AILANTHUS


Meaning of AILANTHUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ā-ˈlan(t)-thəs ]

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.