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FLORIST'S WILLOW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does florist's willow mean?
• FLORIST'S WILLOW (noun)
The noun FLORIST'S WILLOW has 1 sense:
1. much-branched Old World willow having large catkins and relatively large broad leaves
Familiarity information: FLORIST'S WILLOW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Much-branched Old World willow having large catkins and relatively large broad leaves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
florist's willow; goat willow; pussy willow; Salix caprea
Hypernyms ("florist's willow" is a kind of...):
sallow (any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal)
Holonyms ("florist's 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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