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BLACK HOLLANDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does black Hollander mean? 

BLACK HOLLANDER (noun)
  The noun BLACK HOLLANDER has 1 sense:

1. Old World willow with light green leaves cultivated for use in basketryplay

  Familiarity information: BLACK HOLLANDER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLACK HOLLANDER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Old World willow with light green leaves cultivated for use in basketry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

almond willow; black Hollander; Salix amygdalina; Salix triandra

Hypernyms ("black Hollander" is a kind of...):

osier (any of various willows having pliable twigs used in basketry and furniture)

Holonyms ("black Hollander" 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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