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Definition of Genus ailanthus
1. Noun. Small genus of east Asian and Chinese trees with odd-pinnate leaves and long twisted samaras.
Group relationships: Family Simaroubaceae, Quassia Family, Simaroubaceae
Member holonyms: Ailanthus, Ailanthus Altissima, Tree Of Heaven, Tree Of The Gods
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Ailanthus
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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