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Dutch elm
noun
- a widely planted hybrid elm tree, Ulmus hollandica, with spreading branches and a short trunk
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Example Sentences
The ash trees of Iowa City, planted to replace elms felled by Dutch elm disease, are now succumbing in turn.
From New York Times
In the middle of the 20th Century, three species of another fungi under the genus Ophiostoma swept through North America and Europe, sickening trees with what's known as Dutch elm disease.
From Salon
Ms Franklin said: "The Beauly elm has succumbed to Dutch elm disease."
From BBC
This is precisely what happened with the elm, ruined by the beetle that brought Dutch elm disease.
From Washington Post
“You’ve got the American chestnut blight and the Dutch elm disease, but this seems extraordinarily rapid and severe.”
From Scientific American
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