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EUROPEAN ELM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does European elm mean? 

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

1. broad spreading rough-leaved elm common throughout Europe and planted elsewhereplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


EUROPEAN ELM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Broad spreading rough-leaved elm common throughout Europe and planted elsewhere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

English elm; European elm; Ulmus procera

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

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

Holonyms ("European 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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