white elm

1. 1.

   large ornamental tree with graceful gradually spreading branches common in eastern North America

   SynonymsAmerican elmwater elmrock elmUlmus americana

   Broaderelm

   Part ofUlmus

Questions about white elm

What does white elm mean?

white elm means "large ornamental tree with graceful gradually spreading branches common in eastern North America".

What is another word for white elm?

Close synonyms include American elm, water elm, rock 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 white elm a common word?

white 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.