elm

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun elm has 2 senses

elm(n = noun.plant) elm tree - any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees; Array

is a member of genus ulmus, ulmus

has particulars: ulmus alata, wing elm, winged elm, american elm, rock elm, ulmus americana, water elm, white elm, european field elm, smooth-leaved elm, ulmus carpinifolia, cedar elm, ulmus crassifolia, ulmus glabra, witch elm, wych elm, dutch elm, ulmus hollandica, huntingdon elm, ulmus hollandica vegetata, ulmus laevis, water elm, chinese elm, ulmus parvifolia, english elm, european elm, ulmus procera, chinese elm, dwarf elm, siberian elm, ulmus pumila, red elm, slippery elm, ulmus rubra, guernsey elm, jersey elm, ulmus campestris sarniensis, ulmus campestris wheatleyi, ulmus sarniensis, wheately elm, red elm, september elm, ulmus serotina, rock elm, ulmus thomasii

is a kind of tree

elm(n = noun.plant) elmwood - hard tough wood of an elm tree; used for e.g. implements and furniture; Array

is a kind of wood

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CIDE DICTIONARY

elm, n. [AS. elm; akin to D. olm, OHG. elm, G. ulme, Icel. almr, Dan. & Sw. alm, L. ulmus, and E. alder. Cf. Old.].

A tree of the genus Ulmus, of several species, much used as a shade tree, particularly in America. The English elm is Ulmus campestris; the common American or white elm is U. Americana; the slippery or red elm, U. fulva. [1913 Webster]

Elm beetle (Zoöl.), one of several species of beetles (esp. Galeruca calmariensis), which feed on the leaves of the elm. -- Elm borer (Zoöl.), one of several species of beetles of which the larvæ bore into the wood or under the bark of the elm (esp. Saperda tridentata). -- Elm butterfly (Zoöl.), one of several species of butterflies, which, in the caterpillar state, feed on the leaves of the elm (esp. Vanessa antiopa and Grapta comma). See Comma butterfly, under Comma. -- Elm moth (Zoöl.), one of numerous species of moths of which the larvæ destroy the leaves of the elm (esp. Eugonia subsignaria, called elm spanworm). -- Elm sawfly (Zoöl.), a large sawfly (Cimbex Americana). The larva, which is white with a black dorsal stripe, feeds on the leaves of the elm.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

elm, n.
1 any tree of the genus Ulmus, esp. U. procera with rough serrated leaves.
2 (in full elmwood) the wood of the elm.

Derivative

elmy adj.

Etymology

OE, rel. to L ulmus

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