HyperDic: slippery_elm

English > 1 sense of the expression slippery elm:
NOUNplantslippery elm, red elm, Ulmus rubraNorth American elm having rough leaves that are red when opening
English > slippery elm: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningNorth American elm having rough leaves that are red when opening; yields a hard wood.
Synonymsred elm, Ulmus rubra
Member ofUlmus, genus Ulmustype genus of family Ulmaceae
Broaderelm, elm treeAny of various trees of the genus Ulmus

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