Usually means: Deciduous tree with serrated leaves.
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We found 40 dictionaries that define the word elm:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. elm: Merriam-Webster
  2. elm: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. elm: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. elm: Collins English Dictionary
  5. elm: Vocabulary.com
  6. Elm, elm: Wordnik
  7. elm: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. elm: Wiktionary
  9. elm: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. elm: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. elm: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. ELM: Dictionary.com
  13. elm: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. elm: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. ELM, Elm (album), Elm (disambiguation), Elm (email client), Elm (hills), Elm (programming language), Elm (range), Elm: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Elm: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. elm: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. elm: Rhymezone
  19. Elm: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. elm: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. elm: FreeDictionary.org
  22. elm: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. elm: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. elm: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Elm (England): Marquetry Glossary
  2. Natural Magick (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. elm: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. elm: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Allergy Glossary (No longer online)
  3. elm: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. ELM: Acronym Finder
  2. ELM: Three Letter Words with definitions
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Elm: Easton Bible
  2. Elm: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Garden Flower, Shrub and Tree Glossary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ELM: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  (countable) A tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers.
▸ noun:  (uncountable, usually attributive) Wood from an elm tree.
▸ noun:  A village and civil parish in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF4706).
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Missouri, United States.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.
▸ noun:  A village in Glarus canton, Switzerland.
▸ noun:  A surname.
▸ noun:  (computer languages) A functional programming language for creating web applications.

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red elm, slippery elm, cork elm, Chinese elm, American elm, English elm, European elm, more...

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slippery, american, old, great, wych, white, english, large, big, tall, red

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Similar:
elmwood, elm tree, ellum, elmtree, September elm, Chinese elm, field elm, rock elm, European white elm, American elm, more...

Types:
red elm, slippery elm, cork elm, Chinese elm, American elm, English elm, European elm, more...

Phrases:
elm tree, elm trees, Dutch elm, slippery elm, american elm, elm bark, elm grove, elm creek, chinese elm, wych elm, elm city, english elm, white elm, european elm, Siberian elm, rock elm, red elm, winged elm, more...

Adjectives:
slippery, american, old, great, wych, white, english, large, big, tall, red

Colors:
    green,     olive,     sage,     forest green,     fern, more...



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