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ailanthuses

/ˌeɪˈlænθəsɪz/

ailanthuses is the plural of ailanthus.

Meaning of ailanthus

Noun

ailanthus (plural ailanthuses)

  1. Any of several deciduous Asiatic trees of the genus Ailanthus, including the tree of heaven.
    • The thick, furry twigs of ailanthus suckers leave her fingers stinking of coffee and peanut butter.2018, Richard Powers, The Overstory, Vintage (2019), page 173
    1. In particular, Ailanthus altissima.

Questions about ailanthuses

What is ailanthuses the plural of?
Ailanthuses is the plural of ailanthus.
How do you pronounce ailanthuses?
Ailanthuses is pronounced /ˌeɪˈlænθəsɪz/.

Words near ailanthuses in the dictionary

  1. aikyons
  2. ail
  3. Ailan
  4. ailanthone
  5. ailanthus
  6. ailanthuses
  7. ailanto
  8. ailantos
  9. ailantus
  10. ailantuses
  11. Ailao toad

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ailanthuses (page history and authors); ailanthus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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