noun
large ornamental tree with graceful gradually spreading branches common in eastern North America
• Syn: ↑white elm, ↑water elm, ↑rock elm, ↑Ulmus americana
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ulmus, ↑genus Ulmus
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nounUsage: usually capitalized A
: a large and well-known ornamental tree (Ulmus americana) common in eastern No. America with gradually spreading branches and pendulous branchlets
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an elm, Ulmus americana, of North America, cultivated for shade and ornament: state tree of Massachusetts, Nebraska, and North Dakota.
[1775-85]
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American elm,
the species of elm native to the United States; white elm.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.