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GOAT WILLOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does goat willow mean? 

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

1. much-branched Old World willow having large catkins and relatively large broad leavesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GOAT WILLOW (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Much-branched Old World willow having large catkins and relatively large broad leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

florist's willow; goat willow; pussy willow; Salix caprea

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

sallow (any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal)

Holonyms ("goat 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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