Definition of English elm

1. Noun. Broad spreading rough-leaved elm common throughout Europe and planted elsewhere.

Exact synonyms: European Elm, Ulmus Procera
Group relationships: Genus Ulmus, Ulmus
Generic synonyms: Elm, Elm Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of English Elm

English Midlands
English Revolution
English bean
English billiards
English bond
English bonds
English breakfast tea
English bulldog
English cavalry saddle
English cocker spaniel
English covenants
English daisy
English department
English disease
English elm
English foxhound
English hawthorn
English horn
English horns
English iris
English ivy
English lady crab
English language
English lavender
English muffin
English muffins
English oak
English opening
English partridge

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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