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Definition of English elm
1. Noun. Broad spreading rough-leaved elm common throughout Europe and planted elsewhere.
Group relationships: Genus Ulmus, Ulmus
Generic synonyms: Elm, Elm Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of English Elm
Literary usage of English elm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forest Life and Forest Trees: Comprising Winter Camp-life Among the Loggers by John S. Springer (1851)
"English elm iu England and America.—Uses in France— In Russia.—Birch Family—Its
Variety and Uses.—The Maple Family.— Number of Species. — Red Maple. ..."
2. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1867)
"WE sometimes observe in horticultural works the term English elm. This is a ...
We have some noble specimens of English elm, so called, on Long Island, ..."
3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"than that of the English elm, and large, . ... The wood is more valuable than
that of the white elm, but inferior to the English elm. ..."
4. A Treatise en Forest-trees: Containing Not Only the Best Methods of Their by William Boutcher (1778)
"The English elm with large rough leaves ; 3. The FRENCH ELM ; 4. ... The SCOTS
ELM in England, call'd the WITCH ELM ; 8. The English elm with ..."
5. Forest Life and Forest Trees: Comprising Winter Camp-life Among the Loggers by John S. Springer (1851)
"English elm iu England and America.—Uses in France— In Russia.—Birch Family—Its
Variety and Uses.—The Maple Family.— Number of Species. — Red Maple. ..."
6. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1867)
"WE sometimes observe in horticultural works the term English elm. This is a ...
We have some noble specimens of English elm, so called, on Long Island, ..."
7. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"than that of the English elm, and large, . ... The wood is more valuable than
that of the white elm, but inferior to the English elm. ..."
8. A Treatise en Forest-trees: Containing Not Only the Best Methods of Their by William Boutcher (1778)
"The English elm with large rough leaves ; 3. The FRENCH ELM ; 4. ... The SCOTS
ELM in England, call'd the WITCH ELM ; 8. The English elm with ..."
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