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Noun: Chinese elm
  1. Small fast-growing tree native to Asia; widely grown as shelterbelts and hedges
    - Ulmus parvifolia
     
  2. Fast-growing shrubby Asian tree naturalized in United States for shelter or ornament
    "They planted Chinese elms as a windbreak";
    - Siberian elm, dwarf elm, Ulmus pumila

Derived forms: Chinese elms

Type of: elm, elm tree

Part of: genus Ulmus, Ulmus

Encyclopedia: Chinese elm