willow tree

noun

any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix

• Syn: ↑willow

• Hypernyms: ↑tree

• Hyponyms:

↑osier, ↑white willow, ↑Huntingdon willow, ↑Salix alba, ↑silver willow, ↑silky willow, ↑Salix alba sericea, ↑Salix sericea, ↑cricket-bat willow, ↑Salix alba caerulea, ↑arctic willow, ↑Salix arctica, ↑weeping willow, ↑Babylonian weeping willow, ↑Salix babylonica, ↑Wisconsin weeping willow, ↑Salix pendulina, ↑Salix blanda, ↑Salix pendulina blanda, ↑pussy willow, ↑Salix discolor, ↑sallow, ↑peachleaf willow, ↑peach-leaved willow, ↑almond-leaves willow, ↑Salix amygdaloides, ↑hoary willow, ↑sage willow, ↑Salix candida, ↑crack willow, ↑brittle willow, ↑snap willow, ↑Salix fragilis, ↑prairie willow, ↑Salix humilis, ↑dwarf willow, ↑Salix herbacea, ↑grey willow, ↑gray willow, ↑Salix cinerea, ↑arroyo willow, ↑Salix lasiolepis, ↑shining willow, ↑Salix lucida, ↑swamp willow, ↑black willow, ↑Salix nigra, ↑bay willow, ↑laurel willow, ↑Salix pentandra, ↑balsam willow, ↑Salix pyrifolia, ↑creeping willow, ↑Salix repens, ↑Sitka willow, ↑Salix sitchensis, ↑dwarf grey willow, ↑dwarf gray willow, ↑Salix tristis, ↑bearberry willow, ↑Salix uva-ursi

• Member Holonyms: ↑Salix, ↑genus Salix

* * *

noun

Etymology: Middle English wilowe tree, from wilowe willow + tree

1. : a tree of the genus Salix

2. : an Australian tree or shrub of the genus Pittosporum