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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 treeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


WITCH ELM (noun)


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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