ULMUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ulmus mean? 

• ULMUS (noun)
  The noun ULMUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of family Ulmaceae; deciduous trees having simple serrate leaves; widely distributed in temperate regions

  Familiarity information: ULMUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ULMUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of family Ulmaceae; deciduous trees having simple serrate leaves; widely distributed in temperate regions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Ulmus; Ulmus

Hypernyms ("Ulmus" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Ulmus"):

Huntingdon elm; Ulmus hollandica vegetata (erect vigorous hybrid ornamental elm tree)

rock elm; Ulmus thomasii (tall widely distributed elm of eastern North America)

red elm; September elm; Ulmus serotina (autumn-flowering elm of southeastern United States)

guernsey elm; Jersey elm; Ulmus campestris sarniensis; Ulmus campestris wheatleyi; Ulmus sarniensis; wheately elm (a variety of the English elm with erect branches and broader leaves)

red elm; slippery elm; Ulmus rubra (North American elm having rough leaves that are red when opening; yields a hard wood)

Chinese elm; dwarf elm; Siberian elm; Ulmus pumila (fast-growing shrubby Asian tree naturalized in United States for shelter or ornament)

English elm; European elm; Ulmus procera (broad spreading rough-leaved elm common throughout Europe and planted elsewhere)

Chinese elm; Ulmus parvifolia (small fast-growing tree native to Asia; widely grown as shelterbelts and hedges)

Ulmus laevis; water elm (Eurasian elm closely resembling the American elm; thrives in a moist environment)

Dutch elm; Ulmus hollandica (any of various hybrid ornamental European shade trees ranging from dwarf to tall)

Ulmus glabra; witch elm; wych elm (Eurasian elm often planted as a shade tree)

cedar elm; Ulmus crassifolia (elm of southern United States and Mexico having spreading pendulous corky branches)

European field elm; smooth-leaved elm; Ulmus carpinifolia (European elm with lustrous smooth leaves used as an ornamental)

American elm; rock elm; Ulmus americana; water elm; white elm (large ornamental tree with graceful gradually spreading branches common in eastern North America)

Ulmus alata; wing elm; winged elm (North American elm having twigs and young branches with prominent corky projections)

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

Holonyms ("Ulmus" is a member of...):

elm family; family Ulmaceae; Ulmaceae (a dicot family of the order Urticales including: genera Ulmus, Celtis, Planera, Trema)

 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 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)