wych elm in English
noun
1
a European elm with large rough leaves, chiefly growing in woodland or near flowing water.
However, a shortage of yew trees meant that ash, elm or wych elm were also used.
noun
witch elm
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1. (noun) Of deciduous trees the sycamore, wych-elm, horse-chestnut, beech, lime, plane and poplar may be used, - the Abele or white poplar, Populus alba, being one of the most rapidgrowing of all trees, and, like other poplars, well suited for nursing other choicer subjects; while of evergreens, the holm oak, holly, laurel (both common and Portugal), and such