BLACK WILLOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does black willow mean? 

• BLACK WILLOW (noun)
  The noun BLACK WILLOW has 1 sense:

1. North American shrubby willow having dark bark and linear leaves growing close to streams and lakes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLACK WILLOW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

North American shrubby willow having dark bark and linear leaves growing close to streams and lakes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black willow; Salix nigra; swamp willow

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

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

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

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