elm

Speech parts

1. elm - Noun

2. Elm - Proper noun

Meaning

A tree of the genus Ulmus, of several species, much used as a shade tree, particularly in America. The English elm is Ulmus campestris; the common American or white elm is U. Americana; the slippery or red elm, U. fulva.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

elmwood elm tree cedar linden magnolia redwood aspen cottonwood dogwood OAK pine ash beech alder ebony

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Hypernyms

plant wood

Hyponyms

Dutch elm red elm rock elm American elm Siberian elm ulmus parvifolia

Phrases with the word

elm sawfly Camperdown elm winged elm water elm wing elm white elm

Examples

The oak... has not the efficacy of the fir, nor the cypress that of the elm. Vitruvius

When less than four years old I was standing with my nurse, Mary Ward, watching the shadows on the wall from branches of an elm behind which the moon had risen. I have never forgot those shadows and am often trying to paint them. Samuel Palmer

You may as well expect pears from an elm. Miguel de Cervantes

In affect you can break even an elm. Russian Proverb

Elm trees have beautiful branches but hardly ever bear fruit. Spanish Proverb

Every elm has its man. French Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Ellwood Ellyson Ellzey elm arboretum elm beetle elm clump