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    ULMUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Type genus of family Ulmaceae; deciduous trees having simple serrate leaves; widely distributed in temperate regionsplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Ulmus; Ulmus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Ulmus" is a kind of...):

    dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

    Meronyms (members of "Ulmus"):

    rock elm; Ulmus thomasii (tall widely distributed elm of eastern North America)

    red elm; September elm; Ulmus serotina (autumn-flowering elm of southeastern United States)

    guernsey elm; Jersey elm; Ulmus campestris sarniensis; Ulmus campestris wheatleyi; Ulmus sarniensis; wheately elm (a variety of the English elm with erect branches and broader leaves)

    red elm; slippery elm; Ulmus rubra (North American elm having rough leaves that are red when opening; yields a hard wood)

    Chinese elm; dwarf elm; Siberian elm; Ulmus pumila (fast-growing shrubby Asian tree naturalized in United States for shelter or ornament)

    English elm; European elm; Ulmus procera (broad spreading rough-leaved elm common throughout Europe and planted elsewhere)

    Chinese elm; Ulmus parvifolia (small fast-growing tree native to Asia; widely grown as shelterbelts and hedges)

    Ulmus laevis; water elm (Eurasian elm closely resembling the American elm; thrives in a moist environment)

    Huntingdon elm; Ulmus hollandica vegetata (erect vigorous hybrid ornamental elm tree)

    Dutch elm; Ulmus hollandica (any of various hybrid ornamental European shade trees ranging from dwarf to tall)

    Ulmus glabra; witch elm; wych elm (Eurasian elm often planted as a shade tree)

    cedar elm; Ulmus crassifolia (elm of southern United States and Mexico having spreading pendulous corky branches)

    European field elm; smooth-leaved elm; Ulmus carpinifolia (European elm with lustrous smooth leaves used as an ornamental)

    American elm; rock elm; Ulmus americana; water elm; white elm (large ornamental tree with graceful gradually spreading branches common in eastern North America)

    Ulmus alata; wing elm; winged elm (North American elm having twigs and young branches with prominent corky projections)

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

    Holonyms ("Ulmus" is a member of...):

    elm family; family Ulmaceae; Ulmaceae (a dicot family of the order Urticales including: genera Ulmus, Celtis, Planera, Trema)

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