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PRAIRIE WILLOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prairie willow mean? 

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

1. slender shrubby willow of dry areas of North Americaplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PRAIRIE WILLOW (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Slender shrubby willow of dry areas of North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

prairie willow; Salix humilis

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

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

Holonyms ("prairie 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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