slippery elm
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Ulmus rubra, a North American elm tree with a mucilaginous and slightly aromatic inner bark.
A malvaceous shrub (Fremontia californica, now Fremontodendron californicum); so called on the Pacific coast.
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Ulmus rubra, a North American elm tree with a mucilaginous and slightly aromatic inner bark.
A malvaceous shrub (Fremontia californica, now Fremontodendron californicum); so called on the Pacific coast.