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slippery elm

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English

Syllables
slip-pery elm
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A North American elm tree of species Ulmus rubra, with a mucilaginous and slightly aromatic inner bark.

noun

A malvaceous shrub from the Pacific coast of Northern America (Fremontodendron californicum)

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

slippery elms (plural)

Synonyms

red elm gray elm soft elm moose elm Indian elm California flannelbush California fremontia flannel flower

Questions

What does slippery elm mean?
A North American elm tree of species Ulmus rubra, with a mucilaginous and slightly aromatic inner bark.

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