black willow

black willow
noun
North American shrubby willow having dark bark and linear leaves growing close to streams and lakes
Syn: ↑swamp willow, ↑Salix nigra
Hypernyms: ↑willow, ↑willow tree
Member Holonyms: ↑Salix, ↑genus Salix

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noun
1. : any of several willows with dark bark; especially : an American tree (Salix nigra) with linear leaves that grows close to streams and lakes

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black willow,
a willow with rough, dark bark, used mainly in making boxes, crates, furniture, cabinetwork, caskets, and artificial limbs.

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