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DESERT WILLOW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does desert willow mean?
• DESERT WILLOW (noun)
The noun DESERT WILLOW has 1 sense:
1. evergreen shrubby tree resembling a willow of dry regions of southwestern North America having showy purplish flowers and long seed pods
Familiarity information: DESERT WILLOW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Evergreen shrubby tree resembling a willow of dry regions of southwestern North America having showy purplish flowers and long seed pods
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Chilopsis linearis; desert willow
Hypernyms ("desert willow" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("desert willow" is a member of...):
Chilopsis; genus Chilopsis (one species: desert willow)
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