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JERSEY ELM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Jersey elm mean?
• JERSEY ELM (noun)
The noun JERSEY ELM has 1 sense:
1. a variety of the English elm with erect branches and broader leaves
Familiarity information: JERSEY ELM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A variety of the English elm with erect branches and broader leaves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
guernsey elm; Jersey elm; Ulmus campestris sarniensis; Ulmus campestris wheatleyi; Ulmus sarniensis; wheately elm
Hypernyms ("Jersey elm" is a kind of...):
elm; elm tree (any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees)
Holonyms ("Jersey 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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