ULMUS AMERICANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ulmus americana mean? 

• ULMUS AMERICANA (noun)
  The noun ULMUS AMERICANA has 1 sense:

1. large ornamental tree with graceful gradually spreading branches common in eastern North America

  Familiarity information: ULMUS AMERICANA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ULMUS AMERICANA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large ornamental tree with graceful gradually spreading branches common in eastern North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American elm; rock elm; Ulmus americana; water elm; white elm

Hypernyms ("Ulmus americana" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Ulmus americana" is a member of...):

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