elm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĕlm
ipa: /ɛlm/
enpr: ĕləm
ipa: /ˈɛləm/
rhymes: -ɛlm
Forms: form: elms
form: ellum
Etymology: From Middle English elme, elm, from Old English elm, from Proto-West Germanic *elm, from Proto-Germanic *elmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“mountain elm”).
See also dialectal Low German Elm, dialectal German Ilm, archaic German Ilme, Norwegian and Swedish alm; also Irish leamh, Latin ulmus, Albanian ulzë (“maple”).
Senses: examples: text: 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.
ref: 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
text: The village is a dignified place of thatch, half-timbering, box hedges and neat farms, set among elms (though not as many as formerly, since Dutch elm disease took its toll) on the level plain of the Pewsey Vale.
ref: 1980, AA Book of English Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 67:
synonyms: word: elven
glosses: A tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers.
glosses: Wood from an elm tree.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Ulmus americana
word: American elm
word: Atinian elm
taxonomic: Celtis occidentalis
word: bastard elm
word: Camperdown elm
taxonomic: Zelkova carpinifolia
word: Caucasian elm
taxonomic: Ulmus crassifolia
word: cedar elm
taxonomic: Ulmus villose
word: cherry bark elm
taxonomic: Ulmus castaneifolia
word: chestnut-leafed elm
taxonomic: Ulmus parvifolia
word: Chinese elm
taxonomic: Ulmus procera
word: common elm
taxonomic: Ulmus thomasii
word: cork elm
word: Cornish elm
taxonomic: Ulmus laciniata
word: cutleaf elm
english: from Ophiostoma spp. fungus
translation: from Ophiostoma spp. fungus
word: Dutch elm disease
taxonomic: Ulmus × hollandica
word: Dutch elm
word: elm bark beetle
taxonomic: Xanthogaleruca luteola etc.
word: elm beetle
word: elmen
word: Elmhurst
taxonomic: Xanthogaleruca luteola etc.
word: elm-leaf beetle
word: elmlike
word: elmness
word: Elm Park
taxonomic: Cimbex americanus
word: elm sawfly
word: Elmsdale
taxonomic: Ulmus spp.
word: elm tree
word: elmwood
word: Elmwood
word: elmy
word: elm yellows
taxonomic: Ulmus minor
alt: syn. Ulmus procera
word: English cork elm
taxonomic: Ulmus minor
alt: syn.Ulmus procera
word: English elm
taxonomic: Ulmus minor
word: European field elm
taxonomic: Ulmus laevis
word: European white elm
taxonomic: Ulmus minor
word: field elm
taxonomic: Ulmus laevis
word: fluttering elm
english: village
translation: village
word: Great Elm
word: Guernsey elm
taxonomic: Ulmus thomasii
word: hickory elm
word: Huntingdon elm
alt: Ulmus davidiana var. japonica; Zelkova serrata
word: Japanese elm
word: Jersey elm
taxonomic: Ulmus parvifolia
word: lacebark elm
taxonomic: Ulmus laciniata
word: lobed elm
taxonomic: Ulmus elongata
word: long raceme elm
taxonomic: Ulmus laciniata
word: Manchurian elm
taxonomic: Ulmus mexicana
word: Mexican elm
word: moose elm
taxonomic: Ulmus castaneifolia
word: multi-nerved elm
word: Nine Elms
word: northern elm
word: purple elm
taxonomic: Ulmus rubra
word: red elm
taxonomic: Ulmus thomasii
word: rock elm
taxonomic: Ulmus laevis
word: Russian elm
word: Scotch elm
taxonomic: Ulmus glabra
word: Scots elm
taxonomic: Ulmus serotina
word: September elm
taxonomic: Ulmus pumila
word: Siberian elm
taxonomic: Ulmus rubra
word: slippery elm
word: smaller European elm bark beetle
taxonomic: Ulmus rubra
word: soft elm
word: Southampton elm
word: southern elm
taxonomic: Cordia alliodora
word: Spanish elm
taxonomic: Ulmus laevis
word: spreading elm
taxonomic: Ulmus laevis
word: stately elm
taxonomic: Ulmus crassifolia
word: Texas cedar elm
word: West Indian elm
word: Wheatley elm
taxonomic: Ulmus americana
word: white elm
taxonomic: Ulmus alata
word: winged elm
word: witch elm
taxonomic: Ulmus glabra
word: wych elm
taxonomic: Carpinus spp.
word: yoke elm
Related terms: Burslem
Elmbridge
Elmhurst
Limoges
limousin
Limousin
limousine
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Nine Elms
keyaki
kiaki
zelkova