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Meaning of slippery elm

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

slippery elm

noun

Definitions

  1. Ulmus rubra, a North American elm tree with a mucilaginous and slightly aromatic inner bark.

  2. A malvaceous shrub (Fremontia californica, now Fremontodendron californicum); so called on the Pacific coast.