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WING ELM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wing elm mean? 

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

1. North American elm having twigs and young branches with prominent corky projectionsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


WING ELM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

North American elm having twigs and young branches with prominent corky projections

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ulmus alata; wing elm; winged elm

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

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

Holonyms ("wing 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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