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Tree of heaven

noun

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 pollution. Synonyms: Ailanthus altissima, tree of the gods.

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"Tree of heaven" Quotes from Famous Books

... Stay, Sigismund: forgett'st thou I am he That with the cannon shook Vienna-walls, And made it dance upon the continent, As when the massy substance of the earth Quiver[s] about the axle-tree of heaven? Forgett'st thou that I sent a shower of darts, Mingled with powder'd shot and feather'd steel, So thick upon the blink-ey'd burghers' heads, That thou thyself, then County Palatine, The King of ...

— Tamburlaine the Great, Part II. • Christopher Marlowe

Words linked to "Tree of heaven" : ailanthus, genus Ailanthus