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PRAIRIE WILLOW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does prairie willow mean?
• PRAIRIE WILLOW (noun)
The noun PRAIRIE WILLOW has 1 sense:
1. slender shrubby willow of dry areas of North America
Familiarity information: PRAIRIE WILLOW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Slender shrubby willow of dry areas of North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
prairie willow; Salix humilis
Hypernyms ("prairie willow" is a kind of...):
willow; willow tree (any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix)
Holonyms ("prairie 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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