PUSSY WILLOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pussy willow mean? 

• PUSSY WILLOW (noun)
  The noun PUSSY WILLOW has 2 senses:

1. small willow of eastern North America having greyish leaves and silky catkins that come before the leaves

2. much-branched Old World willow having large catkins and relatively large broad leaves

  Familiarity information: PUSSY WILLOW used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUSSY WILLOW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small willow of eastern North America having greyish leaves and silky catkins that come before the leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

pussy willow; Salix discolor

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

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

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

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

Sense 2

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 ("pussy 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 ("pussy willow" is a member of...):

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