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WINGED ELM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does winged elm mean?
• WINGED ELM (noun)
The noun WINGED ELM has 1 sense:
1. North American elm having twigs and young branches with prominent corky projections
Familiarity information: WINGED ELM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American elm having twigs and young branches with prominent corky projections
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Ulmus alata; wing elm; winged elm
Hypernyms ("winged elm" is a kind of...):
elm; elm tree (any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees)
Holonyms ("winged 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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