"elmtree" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: elmtrees [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} elmtree (plural elmtrees)
  1. Alternative form of elm tree Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: elm tree
    Sense id: en-elmtree-en-noun-~b~QRn8q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The elmtree of old felt lonely and cold / When wintry winds blew high, / And, looking below, he saw in the snow / The ivy wandering nigh, / And he said, Come twine with those tendrils of thine / My scathed and frozen form, / For heart and hand together we’ll stand / And mock at the baffled storm, / Ha, ha! Together.",
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          "text": "Of all the roads that bridges bear / O’er waters shining in the heat, / Or bowneck’d steeds in summer wear / To flying dust with brightshod feet, / The dearest winds through Ryals glades, / Where, o’er the knaps in elmtree shades, / The airblown primrose blooms and fades, / And Ruth comes out a-riding.",
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