Ulmus

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Ulmus - type genus of family Ulmaceae; deciduous trees having simple serrate leaves; widely distributed in temperate regionsgenus Ulmusdicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germinationelm family, family Ulmaceae, Ulmaceae - a dicot family of the order Urticales including: genera Ulmus, Celtis, Planera, Tremaelm, elm tree - any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade treesUlmus alata, wing elm, winged elm - North American elm having twigs and young branches with prominent corky projectionsAmerican elm, Ulmus americana, white elm, water elm, rock elm - large ornamental tree with graceful gradually spreading branches common in eastern North AmericaEuropean field elm, smooth-leaved elm, Ulmus carpinifolia - European elm with lustrous smooth leaves used as an ornamentalcedar elm, Ulmus crassifolia - elm of southern United States and Mexico having spreading pendulous corky branchesUlmus glabra, witch elm, wych elm - Eurasian elm often planted as a shade treeDutch elm, Ulmus hollandica - any of various hybrid ornamental European shade trees ranging from dwarf to tallHuntingdon elm, Ulmus hollandica vegetata - erect vigorous hybrid ornamental elm treeUlmus laevis, water elm - Eurasian elm closely resembling the American elm; thrives in a moist environmentUlmus parvifolia, Chinese elm - small fast-growing tree native to Asia; widely grown as shelterbelts and hedgesEnglish elm, European elm, Ulmus procera - broad spreading rough-leaved elm common throughout Europe and planted elsewhereChinese elm, dwarf elm, Siberian elm, Ulmus pumila - fast-growing shrubby Asian tree naturalized in United States for shelter or ornamentslippery elm, Ulmus rubra, red elm - North American elm having rough leaves that are red when opening; yields a hard woodguernsey elm, Jersey elm, Ulmus campestris sarniensis, Ulmus campestris wheatleyi, Ulmus sarniensis, wheately elm - a variety of the English elm with erect branches and broader leavesred elm, September elm, Ulmus serotina - autumn-flowering elm of southeastern United Statesrock elm, Ulmus thomasii - tall widely distributed elm of eastern North America