ENGLISH ELM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does English elm mean? 

• ENGLISH ELM (noun)
  The noun ENGLISH ELM has 1 sense:

1. broad spreading rough-leaved elm common throughout Europe and planted elsewhere

  Familiarity information: ENGLISH ELM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENGLISH ELM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Broad spreading rough-leaved elm common throughout Europe and planted elsewhere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

English elm; European elm; Ulmus procera

Hypernyms ("English elm" is a kind of...):

elm; elm tree (any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees)

Holonyms ("English elm" is a member of...):

genus Ulmus; Ulmus (type genus of family Ulmaceae; deciduous trees having simple serrate leaves; widely distributed in temperate regions)