BRITTLE WILLOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brittle willow mean? 

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

1. large willow tree with stiff branches that are easily broken

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRITTLE WILLOW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large willow tree with stiff branches that are easily broken

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

brittle willow; crack willow; Salix fragilis; snap willow

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

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

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

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