heaven-tree
noun
1 Botany a tree of the genus Ailanthus, especially Ailanthus altissima; a tree of heaven.
2 Cultural Anthropol. a mythical tree growing from the underworld, through the earth, and up to heaven, which figures in some Malay and Polynesian beliefs ( rare ).
Origin
Mid 19th century.
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- the right stuff
- theriomorphic
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- therm
- thermae
- thermal
- thermal capacity
- thermal conductivity
- thermal depolymerization
- thermal diffusivity
- thermal efficiency
- thermal imaging
- thermal inversion
- thermalise
- thermalization
- thermalize
- thermally
- thermal neutron
- thermal noise
- thermal paper
- thermal printer
- thermal reactor
- thermal shock