jersey elm

Questions about jersey elm

What does jersey elm mean?

jersey elm means "a variety of the English elm with erect branches and broader leaves".

What is another word for jersey elm?

Close synonyms include guernsey elm, wheately elm, Ulmus sarniensis, Ulmus campestris sarniensis, Ulmus campestris wheatleyi. 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 jersey elm a common word?

jersey elm 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.