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BABYLONIAN WEEPING WILLOW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Babylonian weeping willow mean?
• BABYLONIAN WEEPING WILLOW (noun)
The noun BABYLONIAN WEEPING WILLOW has 1 sense:
1. willow with long drooping branches and slender leaves native to China; widely cultivated as an ornamental
Familiarity information: BABYLONIAN WEEPING WILLOW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BABYLONIAN WEEPING WILLOW (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Willow with long drooping branches and slender leaves native to China; widely cultivated as an ornamental
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Babylonian weeping willow; Salix babylonica; weeping willow
Hypernyms ("Babylonian weeping willow" is a kind of...):
willow; willow tree (any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix)
Holonyms ("Babylonian weeping 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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