Dutch elm
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Scientists had feared the ash would go the way of the elm, which has been almost wiped out by Dutch elm disease.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2025
The ash trees of Iowa City, planted to replace elms felled by Dutch elm disease, are now succumbing in turn.
From New York Times • May 21, 2023
“You’ve got the American chestnut blight and the Dutch elm disease, but this seems extraordinarily rapid and severe.”
From Scientific American • Jul. 5, 2020
"You've got the American chestnut blight and the Dutch elm disease, but this seems extraordinarily rapid and severe."
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2020
Lourdes remembers reading somewhere about how Dutch elm disease wiped out the entire species on the East Coast except for a lone tree in Manhattan surrounded by concrete.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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