noun.
A genus of trees of several species, natural order Urticaceæ, nearly related to the elm, but bearing a small fleshy edible drupe instead of a winged samara.
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noun.
large genus of trees and shrubs with berrylike fruit
Word Usage
"Keltic, but is frem a Latin word celtis, or celtes; meaning a chisel, and used in the Vulgate, Job xix., 24, the classic word is cœlum."