EUROPEAN ELM

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

English elm; European elm; Ulmus procera

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("European elm" is a kind of...):

elm; elm tree (any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees)

Holonyms ("European elm" is a member of...):

genus Ulmus; Ulmus (type genus of family Ulmaceae; deciduous trees having simple serrate leaves; widely distributed in temperate regions)

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