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ARCTIC WILLOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arctic willow mean? 

ARCTIC WILLOW (noun)
  The noun ARCTIC WILLOW has 1 sense:

1. low creeping shrub of Arctic Europe and Americaplay

  Familiarity information: ARCTIC WILLOW used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ARCTIC WILLOW (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Low creeping shrub of Arctic Europe and America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

arctic willow; Salix arctica

Hypernyms ("arctic willow" is a kind of...):

willow; willow tree (any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix)

Holonyms ("arctic willow" is a member of...):

genus Salix; Salix (a large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees: willows)


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