Elm Definition

ĕlm
elms
noun
elms
Any of a genus (Ulmus) of tall, deciduous shade trees of the elm family, once widely planted as a lawn tree.
Webster's New World
Its hard, heavy wood.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adjective
Designating a family (Ulmaceae, order Urticales) of dicotyledonous trees growing largely in the North Temperate Zone.
Webster's New World
symbol

(metrology) Symbol for the exalumen, an SI unit of luminous flux equal to 1018 lumens.

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Other Word Forms of Elm

Noun

Singular:
elm
Plural:
elms

Origin of Elm

  • From Old English elm, from Proto-Germanic *elmaz (compare dialectal Low German Elm, dialectal German Ilm, Swedish alm), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem 'mountain elm' (compare Irish leamh, Latin ulmus, Albanian ulzë (“maple”)).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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