wych elm

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English wiche (a kind of elm), wice (a kind of tree). Compare wicker.

Noun

wych-elm (plural wych elms)

  1. An elm (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., syn. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.) found in northern and western Europe; Scotch elm(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{vern}} with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.).

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for wych elm”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)