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Ulmus   /ˈəlməs/   Listen
Ulmus

noun
1.
Type genus of family Ulmaceae; deciduous trees having simple serrate leaves; widely distributed in temperate regions.  Synonym: genus Ulmus.



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"Ulmus" Quotes from Famous Books



... while in the bed No. 4, below, is a bituminous rock, in which the Mastodon tapiroides, a characteristic Upper Miocene quadruped, has been met with. The 5th bed, two or three inches thick, contains fossil fish, e.g., Leuciscus (roach), and the larvae of dragon-flies, with plants such as the elm (Ulmus), and the aquatic Chara. Below this are other plant-beds; and then, in No. 9, the stone in which the great salamander (Andrias Scheuchzeri) and some fish were found. Below this other strata occur with fish, tortoises, the great salamander before alluded to, fresh-water mussels, and plants. ...
— The Student's Elements of Geology • Sir Charles Lyell

... Stood unwedded.—Ver. 663. Ovid probably derived this notion from the language of the Roman husbandmen. Columella and other writers on agricultural matters often make mention of a 'maritus ulmus,' and a 'nupta vitis,' in contradistinction to those trees which ...
— The Metamorphoses of Ovid - Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes - and Explanations • Publius Ovidius Naso

... ulmo laetus, ramique comantes, Arduus, alta petens & levi cortice truncus. Ulmum adhibe ordinibus, quoties sudenda per hortum, Sunt serie spatia ingenti, texendaque totis AEstivos contra soles umbracula campis: Una alias inter texendis aptior ulmus Marginibus spatiorum, exornandoque vireto. Seque adeo series, plano super aequore, tendat Ulmorum tractu longo; quantum ipsa tuentum Lumina, vel ...
— Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) - Or A Discourse of Forest Trees • John Evelyn



Words linked to "Ulmus" :   guernsey elm, cedar elm, September elm, Ulmaceae, genus Ulmus, wych elm, wheately elm, water elm, slippery elm, witch elm, Jersey elm, American elm, family Ulmaceae, Ulmus parvifolia, English elm, elm tree, magnoliopsid genus, rock elm, dicot genus, Dutch elm, Ulmus sarniensis, Siberian elm, white elm, European elm, elm family, elm, red elm, Huntingdon elm, winged elm, smooth-leaved elm, European field elm, dwarf elm, Chinese elm, wing elm, Ulmus hollandica, Ulmus glabra



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