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SLIPPERYELM

\slˈɪpəjˌɛlm], \slˈɪpəjˌɛlm], \s_l_ˈɪ_p_ə_j_ˌɛ_l_m]\

Definitions of SLIPPERYELM

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary

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A North American tree having a sticky inner bark; the bark, used to make a soothing medicine.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

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