ELM

Pronunciation (US):

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

1. any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees
2. hard tough wood of an elm tree; used for e.g. implements and furniture

  Familiarity information: ELM used as a noun is rare.

• ELM (noun)

Meaning:

Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

elm; elm tree

Hypernyms ("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)

Meronyms (substance of "elm"):

elm; elmwood (hard tough wood of an elm tree; used for e.g. implements and furniture)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "elm"):

Ulmus laevis; water elm (Eurasian elm closely resembling the American elm; thrives in a moist environment)

guernsey elm; Jersey elm; Ulmus campestris sarniensis; Ulmus campestris wheatleyi; Ulmus sarniensis; wheately elm (a variety of the English elm with erect branches and broader leaves)

red elm; slippery elm; Ulmus rubra (North American elm having rough leaves that are red when opening; yields a hard wood)

Chinese elm; dwarf elm; Siberian elm; Ulmus pumila (fast-growing shrubby Asian tree naturalized in United States for shelter or ornament)

English elm; European elm; Ulmus procera (broad spreading rough-leaved elm common throughout Europe and planted elsewhere)

Chinese elm; Ulmus parvifolia (small fast-growing tree native to Asia; widely grown as shelterbelts and hedges)

rock elm; Ulmus thomasii (tall widely distributed elm of eastern North America)

Huntingdon elm; Ulmus hollandica vegetata (erect vigorous hybrid ornamental)

Dutch elm; Ulmus hollandica (any of various hybrid ornamental European shade trees ranging from dwarf to tall)

Ulmus glabra; witch elm; wych elm (Eurasian elm often planted as a shade tree)

cedar elm; Ulmus crassifolia (elm of southern United States and Mexico having spreading pendulous corky branches)

European field elm; smooth-leaved elm; Ulmus carpinifolia (European elm with lustrous smooth leaves used as an ornamental)

American elm; rock elm; Ulmus americana; water elm; white elm (large ornamental tree with graceful gradually spreading branches common in eastern North America)

Ulmus alata; wing elm; winged elm (North American elm having twigs and young branches with prominent corky projections)

red elm; September elm; Ulmus serotina (autumn-flowering elm of southeastern United States)

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

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

Meaning:

Hard tough wood of an elm tree; used for e.g. implements and furniture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

elmwood; elm

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

wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Holonyms ("elm" is a substance of...):

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