Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
ailantus .
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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Simaroubaceae — A small group of trees native to Asia, some nowinvasive elsewhere.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of several deciduous Asian trees of the genus Ailanthus
Etymologies
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Examples
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This is also a great time to inventory the wood lot for downed trees, missed grape vines and invasive specie, such as Ailanthus, needing attention.
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Teresa: ...how the consequences of letting retailers use recorded music as a loss leader reduced the once-complex ecology of the music business to Bermuda grass, kudzu, purple loosestrife, Ailanthus altissimus, cockroaches, pigeons, and albino sewer alligators.
Making Light: A music exec's take on the Macmillan/Amazon throwdown 2010
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One way to understand Susan Pivar's article is that she's describing how the consequences of letting retailers use recorded music as a loss leader reduced the once-complex ecology of the music business to Bermuda grass, kudzu, purple loosestrife, Ailanthus altissimus, cockroaches, pigeons, and albino sewer alligators.
Making Light: A music exec's take on the Macmillan/Amazon throwdown 2010
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Water dispersal as an additional pathway to invasions by the primarily wind-dispersed tree Ailanthus altissima.
Seed dispersal Wikipedia 2009
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An interesting case of secondary dispersal involves the invasive species '' Ailanthus altissima '' (Simaroubaceae), which is typically wind-dispersed.
Seed dispersal Wikipedia 2009
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Oudolf has made some knowing winks to New York City's indigenous (or ubiquitous) plant life, including his use of sumac, a shrub with compound leaves reminiscent of Ailanthus altissima, the weedlike "tree of heaven" apostrophized in Betty Smith's best-selling novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn of 1943 as an archetypal urban survivor accustomed to the toughest settings.
Up in the Park Filler, Martin 2009
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Common lowland deciduous trees in eastern Java and Bali are Homalium tomentosum, Albizia lebbekoides, Acacia leucophloea, A. tomentosa, Bauhinia malabarica, Cassia fistula, Dillenia pentagyna, Tetrameles nudiflora, Ailanthus integrifolia, and Phyllanthus emblica.
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Common lowland deciduous trees found in eastern Java and Bali are Homalium tomentosum, Albizia lebbekoides, Acacia leucophloea, A. tomentosa, Bauhinia malabarica, Cassia fistula, Dillenia pentagyna, Tetrameles nudiflora, Ailanthus integrifolia, and Phyllanthus emblica.
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Invasive species constitute an important threat, mainly at the lowest altitudes of laurisilva distribution, where species of Acacia, Hedychium gardnerianum and Pittosporum undulatum, Ailanthus altissima, and Acer pseudoplatanus are widely distributed.
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Common lowland deciduous trees in eastern Java and Bali are Homalium tomentosum, Albizia lebbekoides, Acacia leucophloea, A. tomentosa, Bauhinia malabarica, Cassia fistula, Dillenia pentagyna, Tetrameles nudiflora, Ailanthus integrifolia, and Phyllanthus emblica.
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