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Definition of Chinese elm

1. Noun. Fast-growing shrubby Asian tree naturalized in United States for shelter or ornament.

2. Noun. Small fast-growing tree native to Asia; widely grown as shelterbelts and hedges.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinese Elm

Chinese chive Chinese cinnamon Chinese compliment Chinese compliments Chinese cork oak Chinese cypress Chinese date Chinese dates Chinese deity Chinese desert cat

Chinese desert cats Chinese dragon Chinese dragons Chinese edible frog Chinese eight-ball Chinese elm Chinese evergreen Chinese fire drill Chinese fire drills Chinese folk religion

Chinese forget-me-not Chinese fried rice Chinese ginger Chinese goose Chinese gooseberries Chinese gooseberry Chinese grapefruit Chinese grapefruits Chinese hamster Chinese hamsters

Literary usage of Chinese elm

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1838)
"Grafted standard high on the common English elm, the chinese elm would form a very handsome small tree. The French name, Thé de Г Abbé Gallois, ..."

2. Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1908)
"... elm, of northeastern North America; the chinese elm, of northern China and Japan; and the winged elm or wahoo, of the southeastern United States. ..."

3. Contributions Towards the Materia Medica & Natural History of China: For the by Frederick Porter Smith (1871)
"The inner bark of the chinese elm is used to make a demulcent, smithing and diuretic remedy, strongly recommended in urinary and dropsical disorders. ..."

4. A Naturalist in Western China, with Vasculum, Camera, and Gun: Being Some by Ernest Henry Wilson, Charles Sprague Sargent (1913)
"... has in eastern North America, although it is still impossible to speak with much knowledge of chinese elm trees, which are very imperfectly understood. ..."

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