SALIX UVA-URSI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Salix uva-ursi mean? 

• SALIX UVA-URSI (noun)
  The noun SALIX UVA-URSI has 1 sense:

1. dwarf prostrate mat-forming shrub of Arctic and alpine regions of North America and Greenland having deep green elliptic leaves that taper toward the base

  Familiarity information: SALIX UVA-URSI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SALIX UVA-URSI (noun)

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Meaning:

Dwarf prostrate mat-forming shrub of Arctic and alpine regions of North America and Greenland having deep green elliptic leaves that taper toward the base

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bearberry willow; Salix uva-ursi

Hypernyms ("Salix uva-ursi" is a kind of...):

willow; willow tree (any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix)

Holonyms ("Salix uva-ursi" is a member of...):

genus Salix; Salix (a large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees: willows)