The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wych-elm \Wych"-elm`\, n. [OE. wiche a kind of elm, AS. wice a kind of tree. Cf. Wicker.] (Bot.) A species of elm ( Ulmus montana) found in Northern and Western Europe; Scotch elm.
Note: By confusion this word is often written witch-elm.
Wiktionary
n. An elm ((taxlink Ulmus montana species noshow=1)) found in northern and western Europe; (vern Scotch elm pedia=1).
Usage examples of "wych-elm".
My husband built a little one only last month, to the west of the house, not far from the wych-elm, in what used to be the paddock for the pony.
Already plumper, sleeker and gaining in confidence after a fortnight of human food and sleeping on Lysander's bed, she pounced on a yellow leaf from the dying wych-elm and, bounding up to Dinsdale, started swinging on his ginger ears.
Teeth, pigs' teeth, could be seen in the bark of the wych-elm tree--just the white tips of them showing.