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Definition of Rock elm
1. Noun. Tall widely distributed elm of eastern North America.
Group relationships: Genus Ulmus, Ulmus
Generic synonyms: Elm, Elm Tree
2. Noun. Large ornamental tree with graceful gradually spreading branches common in eastern North America.
Group relationships: Genus Ulmus, Ulmus
Generic synonyms: Elm, Elm Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rock Elm
Literary usage of Rock elm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Timber and Timber Trees, Native and Foreign by Thomas Laslett (1894)
"CANADA rock elm (Ulmus Americana) is found growing abundantly in the low woods of
... rock elm used to be often substituted for the English common Elm for ..."
2. Principles and Practice of Harbour Construction by William Shield (1895)
"... attacked by sea-worms — Greenheart and jarrah liable to split — American rock
elm useful for fendering—Black ironwood eaten freely by Teredo navalis. ..."
3. Fifty Years in the Northwest: With an Introduction and Appendix Containing by William Henry Carman Folsom, Elijah Evan Edwards (1888)
"The post offices are at rock elm, on the western line of ... At the latter place
is located rock elm Institute, a M'huol of high grade, founded in 1880. ..."
4. Craftsman Homes by Gustav Stickley (1909)
"Next to chestnut, in our opinion, comes rock elm,—a wood that is fairly ...
The distinguishing peculiarity of rock elm is its jagged or feathery grain. ..."
5. Lumber and Its Uses by Royal Shaw Kellogg (1919)
"rock elm is heavy, hard, tough, and strong; and ranks next to hickory for many
purposes ... Slippery elm is somewhat darker in color than white or rock elm, ..."
6. Lumber and Its Uses by Royal Shaw Kellogg (1919)
"rock elm is heavy, hard, tough, and strong; and ranks next to hickory for many
purposes ... Slippery elm is somewhat darker in color than white or rock elm, ..."
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