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SILVER WILLOW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does silver willow mean?
• SILVER WILLOW (noun)
The noun SILVER WILLOW has 1 sense:
1. North American willow with greyish silky pubescent leaves that usually blacken in drying
Familiarity information: SILVER WILLOW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American willow with greyish silky pubescent leaves that usually blacken in drying
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Salix alba sericea; Salix sericea; silky willow; silver willow
Hypernyms ("silver willow" is a kind of...):
willow; willow tree (any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix)
Holonyms ("silver 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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