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Definition: Ulmus campestris
Elm
\Elm\, n. [AS. elm; akin to D. olm, OHG. elm, G. ulme, Icel.
almr, Dan. & Sw. alm, L. ulmus, and E. alder. Cf.
Old.]
(Bot.)
A tree of the genus
Ulmus, of several species, much used as
a shade tree, particularly in America. The English elm is
Ulmus campestris; the common American or white elm is
U. Americana
; the slippery or red elm,
U. fulva.
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Elm beetle (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of beetles
(esp.
Galeruca calmariensis), which feed on the leaves
of the elm.
Elm borer (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of beetles of
which the larv[ae] bore into the wood or under the bark of
the elm (esp.
Saperda tridentata).
Elm butterfly (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of
butterflies, which, in the caterpillar state, feed on the
leaves of the elm (esp.
Vanessa antiopa and
Grapta comma
). See
Comma butterfly, under
Comma.
Elm moth (Zo["o]l.), one of numerous species of moths of
which the larv[ae] destroy the leaves of the elm (esp.
Eugonia subsignaria, called elm spanworm).
Elm sawfly (Zo["o]l.), a large sawfly (
Cimbex Americana).
The larva, which is white with a black dorsal stripe,
feeds on the leaves of the elm.
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