SILVER WILLOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does silver willow mean? 

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

1. North American willow with greyish silky pubescent leaves that usually blacken in drying

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SILVER WILLOW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

North American willow with greyish silky pubescent leaves that usually blacken in drying

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Salix alba sericea; Salix sericea; silky willow; silver willow

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

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

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

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