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SWAMP WILLOW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does swamp willow mean?
• SWAMP WILLOW (noun)
The noun SWAMP WILLOW has 1 sense:
1. North American shrubby willow having dark bark and linear leaves growing close to streams and lakes
Familiarity information: SWAMP WILLOW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American shrubby willow having dark bark and linear leaves growing close to streams and lakes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
black willow; Salix nigra; swamp willow
Hypernyms ("swamp willow" is a kind of...):
willow; willow tree (any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix)
Holonyms ("swamp 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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