elm

noun

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Definition of elm

1 : any of a genus (Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, the elm family) of usually large deciduous north temperate-zone trees with alternate stipulate leaves and fruit that is a samara

2 : the wood of an elm

Examples of elm in a Sentence

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The best tall-growing trees would be Shumard red oak, bur oak, Chinese pistachio and cedar elm. — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, "Once vincas succumb to fungus, that bed is dead to them," 22 June 2018 The best tall-growing trees would be Shumard red oak, bur oak, Chinese pistachio and cedar elm. — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, "Once vincas succumb to fungus, that bed is dead to them," 22 June 2018 The collection was started in 1966, when Dutch elm disease began to kill Elmhurst’s emblematic elm trees, according to Hack and the school’s website. — Graydon Megan, chicagotribune.com, "Elmhurst College groundskeeper shows some of the 900 trees making up the campus' certified arboretum," 17 June 2018 The best tall-growing trees would be Shumard red oak, bur oak, Chinese pistachio and cedar elm. — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, "Once vincas succumb to fungus, that bed is dead to them," 22 June 2018 The best tall-growing trees would be Shumard red oak, bur oak, Chinese pistachio and cedar elm. — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, "Once vincas succumb to fungus, that bed is dead to them," 22 June 2018 The elms of Central Park were young in 1905, when a musical businessman founded the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts. — The New Yorker, "In Central Park, Naumburg Orchestral Concerts Are a Gift to the City," 13 July 2018 The best tall-growing trees would be Shumard red oak, bur oak, Chinese pistachio and cedar elm. — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, "Once vincas succumb to fungus, that bed is dead to them," 22 June 2018 The best tall-growing trees would be Shumard red oak, bur oak, Chinese pistachio and cedar elm. — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, "Once vincas succumb to fungus, that bed is dead to them," 22 June 2018

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