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ghetto palm

ghetto palm noun: synonym of tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima).

Noun

ghetto palm (plural ghetto palms)

  1. Synonym of tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
    • Note the presence in the foreground of the fronds of ailanthus, often called “ghetto palm,” now ubiquitous in Baltimore but apparently already common in the 1930s.2006, Mark Chalkley, Hampden-Woodberry
    Synonyms:
    tree of heaven

Synonyms of ghetto palm

Forms of ghetto palm

pluralghetto palms

Origin of ghetto palm

From its tendency to grow wild in weeded-over urban areas of the United States.

Questions about ghetto palm

What does ghetto palm mean?
Ghetto palm means synonym of tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima).
What part of speech is ghetto palm?
Ghetto palm is a noun.
What is the plural of ghetto palm?
The plural of ghetto palm is ghetto palms.

Words near ghetto palm in the dictionary

  1. ghetto fence
  2. ghetto fences
  3. ghetto house
  4. ghetto lotteries
  5. ghetto lottery
  6. ghetto palm
  7. ghetto palms
  8. ghetto pass
  9. ghetto passes
  10. ghetto-fabulous
  11. ghettoblaster

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