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WITCH ELM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does witch elm mean?
• WITCH ELM (noun)
The noun WITCH ELM has 1 sense:
1. Eurasian elm often planted as a shade tree
Familiarity information: WITCH ELM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Eurasian elm often planted as a shade tree
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Ulmus glabra; witch elm; wych elm
Hypernyms ("witch elm" is a kind of...):
elm; elm tree (any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees)
Holonyms ("witch 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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