Definition of Genus ailanthus

1. Noun. Small genus of east Asian and Chinese trees with odd-pinnate leaves and long twisted samaras.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Ailanthus

genus Agave
genus Agdestis
genus Agelaius
genus Ageratina
genus Ageratum
genus Agkistrodon
genus Aglaomorpha
genus Aglaonema
genus Agonus
genus Agrimonia
genus Agriocharis
genus Agrobacterium
genus Agropyron
genus Agrostemma
genus Agrostis
genus Ailanthus
genus Ailuropoda
genus Ailurus
genus Aix
genus Ajaia
genus Ajuga
genus Alauda
genus Albatrellus
genus Albizia
genus Albizzia
genus Albuca
genus Albugo
genus Albula
genus Alca
genus Alcea

Literary usage of Genus ailanthus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pennsylvania Trees by Joseph Simon Illick, Pennsylvania Dept. of Forestry (1914)
"A single species of a fourth genus has been Introduced from China. This genus, Ailanthus, contains 7 species all native to eastern Asia. ..."

2. A Manual of Palaeontology for the Use of Students with a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson, Richard Lydekker (1889)
"... the Indian and Chinese genus Ailanthus was formerly more widely spread, being found in Europe from the Upper Eocene to the Upper Miocene. ..."

3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"The genus Ailanthus has been recognized by fossil fruits and leaves in Tertiary ^*ds of Europe and North America. ..."

4. The Chicago Medical Journal and Examiner (1884)
"genus ailanthus. A. glandulosus (Chinese Sumach, Tree of Heaven). Medical properties: Nervine, sedative; bark— vermifuge. Order Vitaceae (Vine Family). ..."

5. King's American Dispensatory by John King, Harvey Wickes Felter, John Uri Lloyd (1905)
"The genus Ailanthus consists of 4 species, all large trees, and natives of Asia, none of which, however, are cultivated in this country excepting the A. ..."

6. King's American Dispensatory by John King (1909)
"The genus Ailanthus consists of 4 species, all large trees, and natives of Asia, none of which, however, are cultivated in this country excepting the A. ..."

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