Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

european white elm

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables: eu-ro-pean white elm
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Ulmus laevis, a deciduous tree native to parts of Europe and north-western Asia.

Example Sentences

"As will be discussed below, habitat fragmentation is also a major issue in the conservation of marginal populations of the European white elm (U. laevis)."
"F2 is dominated by older poplar trees (both black and white) and European white elm in the second layer, with lots of smaller American ash trees. F3 is situated on slightly higher ground, and is dominated by European white elm."
"Walk on the sidewalk along Ninth Street toward the Center Street entrance to campus. The large trees in a line along the sidewalk to your left are European white elms (Ulmus laevis, probably planted around 1910), native to Europe."

Inflected Forms

European white elms (plural)

Synonyms

fluttering elm spreading elm stately elm Russian elm

Questions

What does european white elm mean?: Ulmus laevis, a deciduous tree native to parts of Europe and north-western Asia.

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