| 单词 | water elm |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater elm water elm n. †(a) the narrow-leaved elm, a variety of the English elm, Ulmus procera (or U. minor) (obsolete rare); (b) U.S. the planer tree, Planera aquatica (family Ulmaceae). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > elms > [noun] wycheOE elmc1000 ulm-treec1000 witch hazela1400 all-heart1567 ulme1567 white elm1580 wych elm1582 witchen1594 weeping elm1606 trench-elm1676 smooth-leaved elm1731 witch elm1731 water elm1733 slippery elm1748 Scotch elm1769 wahoo1770 American elm1771 red elm1805 witches' elm1808 moose elm1810 cork-elm1813 rock elm1817 swamp elm1817 planer tree1819 Jersey elm1838 winged elm1858 sand elm1878 Exeter-elm1882 1733 Pract. Husbandman & Planter I. i. 157 There are other Kinds of Elms, as..the Scotch, Dutch, and English Narrow-leav'd, or Water-Elm. 1818 W. Darby Emigrant's Guide Western & Southwestern States & Territories 114 The general timber found near the Mississippi, is composed of populus angulata (cotton wood), salix nigra (black willow), acer negundo (box alder)..and ulmus aquatica (water elm). 1903 ‘O. Henry’ in McClure's Mag. Dec. 144/1 Noticed a rabbit-hawk sitting on a dead limb in a water-elm. 2007 Geogr. Rev. 97 507 Water elm, in contrast to water hickory, is a small tree. < as lemmas |
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