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WHITE ELM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does white elm mean?
• WHITE ELM (noun)
The noun WHITE ELM has 1 sense:
1. large ornamental tree with graceful gradually spreading branches common in eastern North America
Familiarity information: WHITE ELM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large ornamental tree with graceful gradually spreading branches common in eastern North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
American elm; rock elm; Ulmus americana; water elm; white elm
Hypernyms ("white elm" is a kind of...):
elm; elm tree (any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees)
Holonyms ("white 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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