elm
A tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers.
Other meanings
Wood from an elm tree.
A kind of
- tree
Kinds of elm
- winged elm
- white elm
- smooth-leaved elm
- water elm
- dwarf elm
- slippery elm
- red elm
- rock elm
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "elm".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “elm” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.