elm-family

noun

the plant family Ulmaceae, typified by deciduous trees having simple and often toothed leaves, small petalless flowers, winged fleshy or nutlike fruit, and watery sap, and including the elm, hackberry, and planer tree.

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elm family
noun
a dicot family of the order Urticales including: genera Ulmus, Celtis, Planera, Trema [syn: Ulmaceae]

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