ghetto palm en · NOUN
Etymology
From its tendency to grow wild in weeded-over urban areas of the United States.
Meanings
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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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ghetto palms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |