SPANISH ELM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Spanish elm mean? 

• SPANISH ELM (noun)
  The noun SPANISH ELM has 2 senses:

1. tropical American timber tree

2. large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood

  Familiarity information: SPANISH ELM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPANISH ELM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical American timber tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cordia gerascanthus; princewood; Spanish elm

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

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

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

Cordia; genus Cordia (tropical deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs of the family Boraginaceae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cordia alliodora; cypre; Equador laurel; princewood; salmwood; Spanish elm

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

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

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

Cordia; genus Cordia (tropical deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs of the family Boraginaceae)