winged elm

American  

noun

1. a small tree, Ulmus alata, of southeastern North America, having twigs edged with flat, corky projections.

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Etymology

Origin of winged elm

An Americanism dating back to 1810–20

Example Sentences

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winged elm

Wood of Elm. a red elm; b, white elm; c, winged elm.

From Wood and Forest by Noyes, William

Twigs are indicated in clammy locust, cotton gum, winged elm.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen

The name waahoo appears to be more familiarly associated with a shrub called burning-bush, also a Pacific coast berry, and again a small tree of the South called winged elm.

From Tales of Fishes by Grey, Zane

Wahoo, wa-hōō′, n. the burning bush, a richly ornamental shrub: the bear-berry, which yields cascara sagrada: the winged elm, with valuable hard-grained wood.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

The winged elm, or wahoo, is dainty and small, its leaves and the two thin corky blades that arise on each twig befitting the smallest elm tree in the family.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen