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AMERICAN ELM

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Dictionary entry overview: What does American elm mean?

• AMERICAN ELM (noun)
The noun AMERICAN ELM has 1 sense:

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

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

Dictionary entry details

• AMERICAN ELM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

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

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

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

Holonyms ("American 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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