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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 elsewhere
Familiarity information: EUROPEAN ELM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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