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Meanings of slippery elm in English

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

Synonyms
Examples for "red elm"
Examples for "red elm"
1
It was silent as they passed through towering stands of hardwoods - red elm, white and black oak, shagbark hickory, and birch.
The First King of Shannara
Usage of slippery elm in English
1
Poultices of dock leaves and slippery elm were also used when were sick.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
2
Drink hot drinks, such as hoarhound, ginger, flaxseed, hot lemonade or slippery elm.
Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
3
They make excellent poultices from the bark of the bass and the slippery elm.
Roughing It in the Bush
4
About all that Tesreau had was a fine physique and a mouthful of slippery elm.
Practical English Composition: Book II. / For the Second Year of...
5
Never before have I seen the California slippery elm or leatherwood tree in such perfect form.
Out of Doors—California and Oregon
6
The slippery elm said it would give of its bark to make the soothing healing drink.
Algonquin Indian Tales
7
By the time he had found out that it was slippery elm he was sound asleep.
Algonquin Legends of New England
8
An Old Remedy.-Chewfreely of slippery elm bark.
Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
9
If you can get hold of any slippery elm powder, add a bit of that as well.
WATER FOR ELEPHANT
10
In severe cases a poultice is useful, made of pulverized slippery elm and warm milk and water.
Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
11
They will chew anything from a piece of India rubber shoe to slippery elm and liquorice root.
Bohemian Days: Three American Tales
12
Used dock leaves, slippery elm for poultices.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
13
Tinctures of slippery elm, barberry, fennel, juniper.
Devil Bones
14
One ounce of each of the following, slippery elm bark, crushed thyme, coltsfoot flowers, hyssop or marshmallow.
Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
15
Teas made of boneset, hoarhound, pennyroyal, ginger, catnip, hops, slippery elm, etc., were good and are now.
Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
16
The slippery elm offered its bark; the sassafras its roots; the cherry tree its bark and its berries.
The Magic Speech Flower / or Little Luke and His Animal Friends
This collocation consists of:
Slippery elm through the time
Slippery elm across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common