rock elm

Questions about rock elm

What does rock elm mean?

rock elm means "tall widely distributed elm of eastern North America". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for rock elm?

Close synonyms include Ulmus thomasii, American elm, white elm, water elm, Ulmus americana. 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 rock elm a common word?

rock elm is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.