Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.