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  • noun Plural form of ailanthus.

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Examples

  • Young maples, mulberry and tulip trees, and ailanthuses grew bravely to make shade along the two streets which pierced the square, and the four streets which were parallel to its sides -- pretty lanes being inserted between, to which the loamy gardens ran; and, as the Judge stopped at the tavern near the court, he was told it was "returning day," and the place would soon be filled with constituents assembling to hear how

    The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times George Alfred Townsend 1877

  • Spring broke on the snug little suburb, and buds and birds fulfilled their appointments on the boughs of willows, ailanthuses, lindens, and maples.

    Bohemian Days Three American Tales George Alfred Townsend 1877

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