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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

elm common name for the Ulmaceae, a family of trees and shrubs chiefly of the Northern Hemisphere. Elm trees (genus Ulmus ) have a limited use as hardwoods for timber, especially the rock or cork elm ( U. thomasi ). Tall and graceful, with fan-shaped crowns of finely subdividing branches and twigs, elms are widely planted as ornamental and shade trees, chiefly the American, or white, elm ( U. americana ) and the English, or Wych, elm ( U. campestris ) of N and central Europe and W Asia. Tolerant of urban conditions, both species are among those plants attacked by the fungus known as Dutch elm disease (see fungal infection ), but disease-tolerant varieties have been propagated. The mucilaginous inner bark of the slippery elm ( U. fulva ) is used medicinally in cough drops. Some species of the genus Celtis (the hackberries of America and the nettle trees of the Old World) are cultivated for their edible fruit. False sandalwood ( Planera aquatica ) is a member of the elm family; its fragrant wood is used in cabinetmaking. The elm family is classified in the division Magnoliophyta , class Magnoliopsida, order Urticales.

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elm

World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Copyright

elm Hardy, deciduous tree of n temperate zones. The simple leaves are arranged alternately along the stem, and the flowers are greenish and inconspicuous. Species include the American (Ulmus americana), English (U. procera) and Scotch elm (U. glabra). Height: more than 30m (100ft). Family Ulmaceae.
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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

elm / elm/ (also elm tree) • n. a tall deciduous tree (genus Ulmus, family Ulmaceae) that typically has rough serrated leaves and propagates from root suckers. ∎  (also elm·wood) the wood of this tree.

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A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Elm, ‘(place at) the elm-tree(s)’, OE elm (dative plural elmum): Elm Cambs. Elm, Eolum 10th cent. Elm, Great Somerset. Telma 1086 (DB). T- in the early form is from the OE preposition æt ‘at’.
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

elm OE. elm, corr. to OHG. elm(o) (MHG. elme, ilme, G. dial. ilm), and, with vowel variation, ON. álmr, L. ulmus, MIr. lem.
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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

elm •amalgam • Targum • begum •Brigham • lingam • ogham • sorghum •Nahum • Belgium • dodgem •Brummagem • stratagem • Rackham •Malcolm • Ascham • Beckham •welcome • vade mecum • stickum •dinkum • modicum • hypericum •capsicum • viaticum • practicum •Occam •hokum, locum, oakum •bunkum •alum, Calum, mallam, vallum •Pablum •Haarlem, Harlem, Malayalam, slalom •antebellum, cerebellum, elm, helm, overwhelm, pelham, realm, underwhelm, vellum •emblem • bedlam • peplum •exemplum • wychelm • Kenelm •Salem • velum •aspergillum, chillum, film, vexillum •Whitlam • clingfilm • telefilm •microfilm •asylum, hilum, phylum, whilom •column, olm, solemn •problem • golem • hoodlum • Ulm •incunabulum, pabulum •coagulum • pendulum • speculum •curriculum • cimbalom • paspalum •Absalom • Jerusalem • tantalum

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The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations | 1998 | | Copyright

ELM edge-localized mode
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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "ELM." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "ELM." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-ELM.html

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