Dutch elm

noun

1. a widely planted hybrid elm tree, Ulmus hollandica, with spreading branches and a short trunk

Example Sentences

Scientists had feared the ash would go the way of the elm, which has been almost wiped out by Dutch elm disease.

From BBC

But Dutch elm disease, an invasive fungus spread by bark beetles to which the native trees had no defense, has decimated the elm by tens of millions across the continent.

From Salon

The ash trees of Iowa City, planted to replace elms felled by Dutch elm disease, are now succumbing in turn.

From New York Times

In the middle of the 20th Century, three species of another fungi under the genus Ophiostoma swept through North America and Europe, sickening trees with what's known as Dutch elm disease.

From Salon

Ms Franklin said: "The Beauly elm has succumbed to Dutch elm disease."

From BBC