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Alternative spellings
Zelkova
<!-- "zelcova" is also frequently seen, "zelkoua" occasionally -->

Etymology
Borrowed 1893 from NL. (genus name) from Russ. дзел�ква (dzel�kva) from a Caucasian language, possibly Geor. ������ (dzelkva), possibly from ���� ��� (dzeli kva), �corbel, beam stone�, from ���� (dzeli), �beam� + ��� (kva), �stone�.<!-- neither OED nor Kenkusha narrow it down further than Cauc. -->

Noun
en-noun

1. A kind of tree in the elm family (genus Zelkova).

Quotations
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Synonyms
Caucasian elm
Japanese elm<!-- seems to also refer to Ulmus japonica -->
keaki<!-- Illus. Encyc. of Trees, 1978-->, keyaki, kiaki<!-- both OED supplement -->

Derived terms
Caucasian zelkova
Chinese zelkova
Cretan zelkova
cut-leafed zelkova
Japanese zelkova
saw-leaf zelkova
Schneider's Zelkova

Translations
trans-top|kind of tree in the elm family
CJKV Characters: 槻<!-- ja tsuki, looks like simp. of foll. -->; �<!-- ja tsuki, looks like trad. of prev. -->; �<!-- ja keyaki, looks like var of chin. -->; 櫸<!-- chin. trad. -->, �<!-- chin. simp. -->
Czech: t-|cs|zelkova, t-|cs|zelkova habrolistá
Danish: t-|da|zelkova g|Danish
Dutch: t-|nl|zelkova|m
Esperanto: zelkovo
Estonian: t-|et|tselkva
French: orme de Sibérie m, planere f, zelcova m
Georgian: ������ (dzelkva)
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German: Zelkove, Zelkowe, Zelkoua, Zelkowa<!-- not sure which are considered correct but all are found -->
Italian: t+|it|olmo siberiano|m, t|it|zelcova|f
Japanese: ��� (�, keyaki)
Korean: ���무 (neuti-namu)
Portuguese: olmo cinzento m, zelkova f
Russian: дзел�ква (dzél�kva) f
Spanish: olmo chino m, zelkova f
Vietnamese: chi cá»­
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See also
elm

Latin

Etymology
Applied in 1841 by Spach in Annales des sciences naturelles � botanique, from Russ.|la.

Noun
zelkova

1. nomen conservandum for a genus of plants in the family Ulmaceae.

Synonyms
Abelicea Baillon 1875

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