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Webster 1913 Edition
Elm
Elm
,Noun.
[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
. Elm beetle
(Zoöl.)
, one of several species of beetles (esp.
– Galeruca calmariensis
), which feed on the leaves of the elm. Elm borer
(Zoöl.)
, one of several species of beetles of which the larvæ bore into the wood or under the bark of the elm (esp.
– Saperda tridentata
). Elm butterfly
(Zoöl.)
, 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
(Zoöl.)
, one of numerous species of moths of which the larvæ destroy the leaves of the elm (esp.
– Eugonia subsignaria
, called elm spanworm). Elm sawfly
(Zoöl.)
, a large sawfly (
Cimbex Americana
). The larva, which is white with a black dorsal stripe, feeds on the leaves of the elm.Webster 1828 Edition
Elm
ELM
,Noun.
The treaty which William Penn made with the natives in 1682 was negotiated under a large Elm which grew on the spot now called Kensington, just above Philadelphia. It was prostrated by a storm in 1810, at which time its stem measured 24 feet in circumference.