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red elm

red elm noun: a tree of species Ulmus rubra, native to eastern North America (from southeast North Dakota, east to Maine and southern Quebec, south to northernmost Florida, and west to eastern Texas).

Noun

red elm (countable and uncountable, plural red elms)

  1. A tree of species Ulmus rubra, native to eastern North America (from southeast North Dakota, east to Maine and southern Quebec, south to northernmost Florida, and west to eastern Texas).
    Synonyms:
    slippery elm, gray elm, soft elm, moose elm, Indian elm

Synonyms of red elm

All synonyms of red elm

Forms of red elm

pluralred elms

Origin of red elm

Calque of translingual Ulmus rubra.

Questions about red elm

What does red elm mean?
Red elm means a tree of species Ulmus rubra, native to eastern North America (from southeast North Dakota, east to Maine and southern Quebec, south to northernmost Florida, and west to eastern Texas).
What part of speech is red elm?
Red elm is a noun.
What is the plural of red elm?
The plural of red elm is red elms.

Words near red elm in the dictionary

  1. red dwarves
  2. red dye 40
  3. red ear syndrome
  4. red earth
  5. red egg
  6. red elm
  7. red elms
  8. red ensign
  9. red ensigns
  10. red envelope
  11. red envelopes

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