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JERSEY ELM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Jersey elm mean? 

JERSEY ELM (noun)
  The noun JERSEY ELM has 1 sense:

1. a variety of the English elm with erect branches and broader leavesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


JERSEY ELM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A variety of the English elm with erect branches and broader leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

guernsey elm; Jersey elm; Ulmus campestris sarniensis; Ulmus campestris wheatleyi; Ulmus sarniensis; wheately elm

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

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

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

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


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