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/ˈɪŋglɪʃ ɛlm/ Listen

English elm

noun

Broad spreading rough-leaved elm common throughout Europe and planted elsewhere. Synonyms: European elm, Ulmus procera.

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"English elm" Quotes from Famous Books

... or kahikatea is a very beautiful tree, and droops its dark feathery foliage in a way which recalls the graceful branches of the English elm-tree." ...

— A Dictionary of Austral English • Edward Morris

... fragrance as from choice rather than extensive gardens, through my casement, and the shadow of a tall tree impending over the skylight of the bath-room was, when windy, cast so distinctly on its panes as to convince me of the neighborhood of an English elm, the foliage of which tree I ...

— Miriam Monfort - A Novel • Catherine A. Warfield

Words linked to "English elm" : Ulmus procera, genus Ulmus, European elm, elm tree, Ulmus, elm