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Webster 1913 Edition
Elm
Elm
,Noun.
[AS.
elm
; akin to D. olm
, OHG. elm
, G. ulme
, Icel. almr
, Dan. & Sw. alm
, L. ulmus
, and E. alder
. Cf. Old
.] (Bot.)
A tree of the genus
Ulmus
, of several species, much used as a shade tree, particularly in America. The English elm is Ulmus campestris
; the common American or white elm is U. Americana
; the slippery or red elm, U. fulva
. Elm beetle
(Zoöl.)
, one of several species of beetles (esp.
– Galeruca calmariensis
), which feed on the leaves of the elm. Elm borer
(Zoöl.)
, one of several species of beetles of which the larvæ bore into the wood or under the bark of the elm (esp.
– Saperda tridentata
). Elm butterfly
(Zoöl.)
, one of several species of butterflies, which, in the caterpillar state, feed on the leaves of the elm (esp.
– Vanessa antiopa
and Grapta comma
). See Comma butterfly
, under Comma
. Elm moth
(Zoöl.)
, one of numerous species of moths of which the larvæ destroy the leaves of the elm (esp.
– Eugonia subsignaria
, called elm spanworm). Elm sawfly
(Zoöl.)
, a large sawfly (
Cimbex Americana
). The larva, which is white with a black dorsal stripe, feeds on the leaves of the elm.Webster 1828 Edition
Elm
ELM
,Noun.
The treaty which William Penn made with the natives in 1682 was negotiated under a large Elm which grew on the spot now called Kensington, just above Philadelphia. It was prostrated by a storm in 1810, at which time its stem measured 24 feet in circumference.
Definition 2024
Elm
Elm
See also: elm
Translingual
Symbol
Elm
- (metrology) Symbol for the exalumen, an SI unit of luminous flux equal to 1018 lumens.
elm
elm
See also: Elm
English
Ulmus minor, an elm.
Noun
elm (countable and uncountable, plural elms)
- (countable) A tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers.
- 1879, Richard Jefferies, The Amateur Poacher, chapter1:
- It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.
- 1879, Richard Jefferies, The Amateur Poacher, chapter1:
- (uncountable, usually attributive) Wood from an elm tree.
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Translations
tree of genus Ulmus
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