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SALIX TRISTIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Salix tristis mean? 

SALIX TRISTIS (noun)
  The noun SALIX TRISTIS has 1 sense:

1. willow shrub of dry places in the eastern United States having long narrow leaves canescent beneathplay

  Familiarity information: SALIX TRISTIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SALIX TRISTIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Willow shrub of dry places in the eastern United States having long narrow leaves canescent beneath

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

dwarf gray willow; dwarf grey willow; sage willow; Salix tristis

Hypernyms ("Salix tristis" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Salix tristis" 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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