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SHINING WILLOW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shining willow mean?
• SHINING WILLOW (noun)
The noun SHINING WILLOW has 1 sense:
1. common North American shrub with shiny lanceolate leaves
Familiarity information: SHINING WILLOW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common North American shrub with shiny lanceolate leaves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Salix lucida; shining willow
Hypernyms ("shining willow" is a kind of...):
willow; willow tree (any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix)
Holonyms ("shining 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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