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SILKY ELM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does silky elm mean? 

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

1. large tree of Australasiaplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SILKY ELM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large tree of Australasia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

booyong; brown oak; crow's foot; Heritiera trifoliolata; red beech; silky elm; stave wood; Terrietia trifoliolata

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

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)


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