Babylonian weeping willow

Babylonian weeping willow
noun
willow with long drooping branches and slender leaves native to China; widely cultivated as an ornamental
Hypernyms: ↑willow, ↑willow tree
Member Holonyms: ↑Salix, ↑genus Salix

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  • weeping willow — noun willow with long drooping branches and slender leaves native to China; widely cultivated as an ornamental • Syn: ↑Babylonian weeping willow, ↑Salix babylonica • Hypernyms: ↑willow, ↑willow tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Salix …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Salix babylonica — Weeping willow Weep ing wil low (Bot.) a tree ({Salix babylonica}) of the willow family with slender leaves, native to China, whose branches grow very long and slender, and hang down almost perpendicularly. It grows best where soil is moist, as… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • genus Salix — noun a large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees: willows • Syn: ↑Salix • Hypernyms: ↑hamamelid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Salicaceae, ↑family Salicaceae, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Salix babylonica — noun willow with long drooping branches and slender leaves native to China; widely cultivated as an ornamental • Syn: ↑weeping willow, ↑Babylonian weeping willow • Hypernyms: ↑willow, ↑willow tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Salix, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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