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: any of a genus (Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, the elm family) of usually large deciduous north temperate-zone trees with alternate stipulate leaves and fruit that is a samara
2
: the wood of an elm
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More than 100 artists will have booths set up beneath the big elm trees.
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Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2024
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All day, snow meanders through
the elm trees.
—Monitor Contributing Poets, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 May 2024
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Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2024
Dream Sky Recommended Monitor Breakfast Why 'two Montana guys' are duking it out in the Senate
All day, snow meanders through
the elm trees.
—Monitor Contributing Poets, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 May 2024
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“Elm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elm. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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elm
noun1
: any of a genus of large deciduous trees that have toothed leaves and nearly circular one-seeded winged fruits and are often grown as shade trees
especially
: american elm
2
: the wood of an elm
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