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elm

  [elm]
–noun
1. any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm), characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches. Compare American elm, elm family.
2. the wood of such a tree.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME, OE; c. OHG elm; akin to ON almr, L ulmus
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elm 
O.E. elm, from P.Gmc. *elmaz (cf. Dan. elm, O.N. almr, O.H.G. elme), from PIE root cognate with L. ulmus, O.Ir. lem.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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