SLIPPERY ELM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does slippery elm mean? 

• SLIPPERY ELM (noun)
  The noun SLIPPERY ELM has 1 sense:

1. North American elm having rough leaves that are red when opening; yields a hard wood

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLIPPERY ELM (noun)

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Meaning:

North American elm having rough leaves that are red when opening; yields a hard wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

red elm; slippery elm; Ulmus rubra

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

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

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

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

 Context examples 

Also called gray elm, red elm, slippery elm, sweet elm, Ulmus fulva, and Ulmus rubra.

(Indian elm, NCI Dictionary)

Also called Indian elm, red elm, slippery elm, sweet elm, Ulmus fulva, and Ulmus rubra.

(Gray elm, NCI Dictionary)

An herbal tea mixture that contains burdock root, Indian rhubarb root, sheep sorrel, and slippery elm bark.

(Essiac, NCI Dictionary)

An herbal formula containing burdock root (Arctium lappa), Turkey rhubarb root (Rheum palmatum), sheep sorrel (Rumex acetosella), and slippery elm bark (Ulmus fulva) with potential immunostimulating, anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor activities.

(Essiac, NCI Thesaurus)