Plural of elm

Forms of elm

Elms in a sentence

• The village is a dignified place of thatch, half-timbering, box hedges and neat farms, set among elms (though not as many as formerly, since Dutch elm disease took its toll) on the level plain of the Pewsey Vale.1980, AA Book of English Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 67
• Broad shading elms and sugar maples kept foothold there, spreading sun-traced shadows or holding twigfuls of snow.1947, Ethel McCrossin Orr, Evelyn T. Holston, Reading Today (book 1, page 52). From the entry twigful
• The motor court was set back from the highway and shaded not by tamaracks but by huge stately elms.2012, Stephen King, 11/22/63, page 116. From the entry tamarack
• Preferred host plants are elms (Ulmus spp.), hackberry (Celtis spp.), hops (Humulus spp.), nettle (Urtica spp.), and false nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica).1990, Wendy Potter-Springer, “List of Host Plants for Caterpillars”, in Heather Clemow, editor, Grow a Butterfly Garden (A Storey County…. From the entry question mark
• I didn't know one could pollard elms.1910, Edward Morgan Forster, chapter 11, in Howards End. From the entry pollard

Meaning of elm

1. noun A tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers.
2. noun Wood from an elm tree.

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Questions about the plural of elm

What is the plural of elm?

The plural of elm is elms.

Is elm countable?

Elm is a countable and uncountable noun.