English Dictionary

ghetto palm

名詞

Synonym of tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima)

日本語の意味

センダン（イラクサ科の落葉高木で、Ailanthus altissimaの日本名）

A lone ghetto palm pushed through the cracks of the abandoned lot, its pinnate leaves rustling against the chain-link fence.

廃れた空き地の割れ目から一本のニワウルシ（Ailanthus altissima）が顔を出し、羽状複葉の葉が金網フェンスに触れてカサカサと音を立てていた。

意味（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.

ghetto palms （ plural ）