water elm

American  

noun

1. planer tree.

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Etymology

Origin of water elm

An Americanism dating back to 1810–20

Example Sentences

From early fall until gathering time, the father and boy kept their eyes peered for the golden-green clumps with white berries that grew high up in the forks of water elm and sycamore trees.

From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong

The water elm, Planera aquatica Gmel., is a small tree with slender branches forming a low broad head and is found in swamps in the valley of the Wabash River in this State.

From Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them by Fuller George D.

Three of the five native elms are called water elm; three are called red elm; three are called rock elm.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen