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ELM
elm, elm tree
(noun) any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees
elm, elmwood
(noun) hard tough wood of an elm tree; used for e.g. implements and furniture
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
elm (countable and uncountable, plural elms)
(countable) A tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers.
(uncountable, usually, attributive) Wood from an elm tree.
Anagrams
• -mel-, EML, L.E.M., LEM, Lem, MLE, Mel, mel
Proper noun
Elm
A village and civil parish in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF4706).
An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Missouri, United States.
An unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.
A village in Glarus canton, Switzerland.
A surname.
Source: Wiktionary
Elm, n. Etym: [AS. elm; akin to D. olm, OHG. elm, G. ulme, Icel. almr, Dan. & Sw. alm, L. ulmus, and E. alder. Cf. Old.] (Bot.)
Definition: A tree of the genus Ulmus, of several species, much used as a shade tree, particularly in America. The English elm is Ulmus campestris; the common American or white elm is U. Americana; the slippery or red elm, U. fulva. Elm beetle (Zoƶl.), one of several species of beetles (esp. Galeruca calmariensis), which feed on the leaves of the elm.
– Elm borer (Zoƶl.), one of several species of beetles of which the larvƦ bore into the wood or under the bark of the elm (esp. Saperda tridentata).
– Elm butterfly (Zoƶl.), one of several species of butterflies, which, in the caterpillar state, feed on the leaves of the elm (esp. Vanessa antiopa and Grapta comma). See Comma butterfly, under Comma.
– Elm moth (Zoƶl.), one of numerous species of moths of which the larvƦ destroy the leaves of the elm (esp. Eugonia subsignaria, called elm spanworm).
– Elm sawfly (Zoƶl.), a large sawfly (Cimbex Americana). The larva, which is white with a black dorsal stripe, feeds on the leaves of the elm.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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