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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An elm (Ulmus rubra syn. U. fulva) of eastern North America, having hard wood and mucilaginous, aromatic inner bark.
  • noun The powdered inner bark of this tree, used medicinally.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The red elm, or moose-elm, Ulmus fulva, of eastern North America.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun North American elm having rough leaves that are red when opening; yields a hard wood

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