zelkova

[ zel-kuh-vuh, zel-koh- ]

noun

1. any of several trees of the genus Zelkova, native to Asia, related to and resembling the elms.

Word History and Origins

Origin of zelkova¹

< New Latin (1841) < Russian dzélʾkva, dzélʾkova, presumably < a language of Transcaucasia, where the tree is native