slippery elm

English

Noun

slippery elm (plural slippery elms)

1. Ulmus rubra, a North American elm tree with a mucilaginous and slightly aromatic inner bark.

   Synonyms: red elm, gray elm, soft elm, moose elm, Indian elm

   • 2022 October 2, Cara Schacter, “My Year of Stress and Constipation”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Mid-March 2021, at a bowling alley, I watch balls thunder down lanes and wonder if I’ve had a bowel movement since Presidents’ Day. I try: Miralax, Restoralax, magnesium citrate (liquid and powder), […] licorice root, slippery elm, beans, […] .

2. A malvaceous shrub from the Pacific coast of Northern America (Fremontodendron californicum)

   Synonyms: California flannelbush, California fremontia, flannel flower

References

• “slippery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.