English > willow: 2 senses > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix. |
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| Synonym | willow tree |
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| Member of | Salix, genus Salix | A large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees |
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| Narrower | Sitka willow, silky willow, Salix sitchensis | small shrubby tree of western North America (Alaska to Oregon) |
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| Wisconsin weeping willow, Salix pendulina, Salix blanda, Salix pendulina blanda | Hybrid willow usually not strongly weeping in habit |
| arctic willow, Salix arctica | Low creeping shrub of Arctic Europe and America |
| arroyo willow, Salix lasiolepis | shrubby willow of the western United States |
| balsam willow, Salix pyrifolia | small shrubby tree of eastern North America having leaves exuding an odor of balsam / balsam when crushed |
| bay willow, laurel willow, Salix pentandra | European willow tree with shining leathery leaves |
| bearberry willow, Salix uva-ursi | Dwarf prostrate mat-forming shrub of Arctic and alpine regions / regions of North America and Greenland having deep green elliptic leaves that taper toward the base |
| crack willow, brittle willow, snap willow, Salix fragilis | large willow tree with stiff branches that are easily broken |
| creeping willow, Salix repens | small trailing bush of Europe and Asia having straggling branches with silky green leaves of which several varieties are cultivated |
| cricket-bat willow, Salix alba caerulea | Eurasian willow tree having greyish leaves and ascending branches |
| dwarf grey willow, dwarf gray willow, sage willow, Salix tristis | Willow shrub of dry places in the eastern United States having long narrow leaves canescent beneath |
| dwarf willow, Salix herbacea | widely distributed boreal shrubby willow with partially underground creeping stems and bright green glossy leaves |
| grey willow, gray willow, Salix cinerea | Eurasian shrubby willow with whitish tomentose twigs |
| hoary willow, sage willow, Salix candida | North American shrub with whitish canescent leaves |
| osier | Any of various willows having pliable twigs used in basketry and furniture |
| peachleaf willow, peach-leaved willow, almond-leaves willow, Salix amygdaloides | willow of the western United States with leaves like those of peach or almond trees |
| prairie willow, Salix humilis | Slender shrubby willow of dry areas of North America |
| pussy willow, Salix discolor | small willow of eastern North America having greyish leaves and silky catkins that come before the leaves |
| sallow | Any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins |
| shining willow, Salix lucida | Common North American shrub with shiny lanceolate leaves |
| silver willow, silky willow, Salix alba sericea, Salix sericea | North American willow with greyish silky pubescent leaves that usually blacken in drying |
| swamp willow, black willow, Salix nigra | North American shrubby willow having dark bark and linear leaves growing close to streams and lakes |
| weeping willow, Babylonian weeping willow, Salix babylonica | willow with long drooping branches and slender leaves native to China |
| white willow, Huntingdon willow, Salix alba | large willow tree of Eurasia and North Africa having greyish canescent leaves and grey bark |
| Broader | tree | A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown |
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| Spanish | sauce |
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| Catalan | salze |
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