elm

elm

E0094100 (ĕlm)n.1. Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Ulmus, characteristically having arching or curving branches, serrate leaves with asymmetric bases, and small winged fruit.2. The wood of one of these trees.

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[Middle English, from Old English.]

elm

(ɛlm) n1. (Plants) any ulmaceous tree of the genus Ulmus, occurring in the N hemisphere, having serrated leaves and winged fruits (samaras): cultivated for shade, ornament, and timber2. (Plants) the hard heavy wood of this tree[Old English elm; related to Old Norse almr, Old High German elm, Latin ulmus]

elm

(ɛlm)

n. 1. any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera, characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches. Compare American elm. 2. the wood of such a tree. [before 1000; Middle English, Old English; c. Old High German elm; akin to Old Norse almr, Latin ulmus]

elm

(ĕlm) Any of various deciduous trees having arching or curving branches and leaves with a saw-toothed edge. The American elm, once widely planted as a shade tree, has largely died off because of disease.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	elm - any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade treeselm treegenus Ulmus, Ulmus - type genus of family Ulmaceae; deciduous trees having simple serrate leaves; widely distributed in temperate regionselmwood, elm - hard tough wood of an elm tree; used for e.g. implements and furnitureUlmus alata, wing elm, winged elm - North American elm having twigs and young branches with prominent corky projectionsAmerican elm, Ulmus americana, white elm, water elm, rock elm - large ornamental tree with graceful gradually spreading branches common in eastern North AmericaEuropean field elm, smooth-leaved elm, Ulmus carpinifolia - European elm with lustrous smooth leaves used as an ornamentalcedar elm, Ulmus crassifolia - elm of southern United States and Mexico having spreading pendulous corky branchesUlmus glabra, witch elm, wych elm - Eurasian elm often planted as a shade treeDutch elm, Ulmus hollandica - any of various hybrid ornamental European shade trees ranging from dwarf to tallHuntingdon elm, Ulmus hollandica vegetata - erect vigorous hybrid ornamental elm treeUlmus laevis, water elm - Eurasian elm closely resembling the American elm; thrives in a moist environmentUlmus parvifolia, Chinese elm - small fast-growing tree native to Asia; widely grown as shelterbelts and hedgesEnglish elm, European elm, Ulmus procera - broad spreading rough-leaved elm common throughout Europe and planted elsewhereChinese elm, dwarf elm, Siberian elm, Ulmus pumila - fast-growing shrubby Asian tree naturalized in United States for shelter or ornamentslippery elm, Ulmus rubra, red elm - North American elm having rough leaves that are red when opening; yields a hard woodguernsey elm, Jersey elm, Ulmus campestris sarniensis, Ulmus campestris wheatleyi, Ulmus sarniensis, wheately elm - a variety of the English elm with erect branches and broader leavesred elm, September elm, Ulmus serotina - autumn-flowering elm of southeastern United Statesrock elm, Ulmus thomasii - tall widely distributed elm of eastern North Americatree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
	2.	elm - hard tough wood of an elm tree; used for e.g. implements and furnitureelmwoodelm, elm tree - any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade treeswood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees

Translations

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elm

(elm) noun a kind of tall tree with tough wood and corrugated bark. 榆樹 榆树

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