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AILANTHUS (more correctly ailantus, from ailanto, an
Amboyna word probably meaning "Tree of the Gods," or "Tree
of Heaven"), a genus of trees belonging to the natural order
Simarubaceae. The best known species, A. glandulosa, Chinese
sumach or tree of heaven, is a handsome, quick-growing tree
with spreading branches and large compound leaves, resembling
those of the ash, and bearing numerous pairs of long pointed
leaflets. The small greenish flowers are borne on branched
panicles