American elm

American elmUlmus americana

American elm

n. A North American deciduous tree (Ulmus americana) having double serrate leaves and winged fruits. It is grown chiefly as an ornamental shade tree but often dies from Dutch elm disease.

Amer′ican elm′

n. an elm, Ulmus americana, of North America, cultivated for shade and ornament. [1775–85]

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American elm - large ornamental tree with graceful gradually spreading branches common in eastern North AmericaUlmus americana, white elm, rock elm, water elmgenus Ulmus, Ulmus - type genus of family Ulmaceae; deciduous trees having simple serrate leaves; widely distributed in temperate regionselm, elm tree - any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees