slippery elm

Definition of Slippery Elm in English :

1. red elm, slippery elm, ulmus rubra

North American elm having rough leaves that are red when opening; yields a hard wood

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Slippery Elm

noun

1.

a tree, Ulmus fulva, of E North America, having oblong serrated leaves, notched winged fruits, and a mucilaginous inner bark

2.

the bark of this tree, used medicinally as a demulcent

1.

a wide-branching North American elm (Ulmus rubra) with fragrant, mucilaginous inner bark and hard wood

2.

the wood or bark

n.

1. An elm (Ulmus rubra syn. U. fulva) of eastern North America, having hard wood and mucilaginous, aromatic inner bark.

2. The powdered inner bark of this tree, used medicinally.