Elm, n.

n. [A.-S. elm, ellm, ulm-treow, Icel. almr, Dan. alm, Sw. alm, almträd, O. H. Ger. elm, N. H. Ger. ulme, D. olm, Lat. ulmus, Russ. ilim, ilem.] (Bot.) A tree of the genus Ulmus, of several species, much employed as a shade tree, particularly in America. The English elm is U. campestris; the common American, U. Americana; the slippery, or red elm, U. fulva.