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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of trees, the elms, type of the tribe Ulmeæ in the order Urticaceæ.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) A genus of trees including the elm.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun type genus of family Ulmaceae; deciduous trees having simple serrate leaves; widely distributed in temperate regions

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