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WHITE WILLOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does white willow mean? 

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

1. large willow tree of Eurasia and North Africa having greyish canescent leaves and grey barkplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


WHITE WILLOW (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large willow tree of Eurasia and North Africa having greyish canescent leaves and grey bark

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Huntingdon willow; Salix alba; white willow

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

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

Holonyms ("white 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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