| 单词 | red elm |
| 释义 | > as lemmasred elm red elm n. any of several North American elms (genus Ulmus), having reddish wood, esp. the slippery elm, U. rubra; (also) the wood of any of these trees, or of the English elm, U. procera. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > elms > [noun] wycheOE elmc1000 ulm-treec1000 witch hazela1400 all-heart1567 ulme1567 white elm1580 wych elm1582 witchen1594 weeping elm1606 trench-elm1676 smooth-leaved elm1731 witch elm1731 water elm1733 slippery elm1748 Scotch elm1769 wahoo1770 American elm1771 red elm1805 witches' elm1808 moose elm1810 cork-elm1813 rock elm1817 swamp elm1817 planer tree1819 Jersey elm1838 winged elm1858 sand elm1878 Exeter-elm1882 1805 M. Lewis Jrnl. 12 Apr. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1987) IV. 26 Some timber..consists of Cottonwood red Elm, with a small proportion of small Ash. 1819 D. B. Warden Statist., Polit. & Hist. Acct. U.S. I. 190 Red Elm, Ulmus rubra. 1848 D. Drake Let. 1 Jan. in Pioneer Life in Kentucky (1870) iv. 73 Of the whole forest the red or slippery elm was the best. 1894 Sandusky (Ohio) Reg. 1 May 6/3 The red elm never attains majesty or even pronounced beauty. 1956 Handbk. Hardwoods (Forest Products Res. Lab.) 88 Elm, English..Other Names. Red elm, nave elm. 1989 Encycl. Brit. IV. 461/2 Slippery, or red, elm (U[lmus] rubra)..has a gluelike substance in the inner bark, which was formerly steeped in water as a remedy for throat ailments. < as lemmas |
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