SLIPPERY ELM


Meaning of SLIPPERY ELM in English

or red elm

Large-leaved elm ( Ulmus rubra or U. fulva ) of eastern North America that has hard wood and fragrant inner bark.

A gluelike substance in the inner bark has long been steeped in water as a remedy for throat ailments, powdered for use in poultices, and chewed as a thirst quencher, among other uses. It has received renewed attention in recent years as part of alternative medicine 's herbal pharmacopoeia, prescribed for a wide variety of ailments.

Britannica English dictionary.      Английский словарь Британика.