celtis australis

1. 1.

   bright green deciduous shade tree of southern Europe

   SynonymsEuropean hackberryMediterranean hackberry

   Broaderhackberry

   Part ofCeltis

Questions about celtis australis

What does celtis australis mean?

celtis australis means "bright green deciduous shade tree of southern Europe".

What is another word for celtis australis?

Close synonyms include European hackberry, Mediterranean hackberry. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is celtis australis a common word?

celtis australis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.