WEEPING WILLOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does weeping willow mean? 

• WEEPING WILLOW (noun)
  The noun WEEPING WILLOW has 1 sense:

1. willow with long drooping branches and slender leaves native to China; widely cultivated as an ornamental

  Familiarity information: WEEPING WILLOW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WEEPING WILLOW (noun)

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Meaning:

Willow with long drooping branches and slender leaves native to China; widely cultivated as an ornamental

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Babylonian weeping willow; Salix babylonica; weeping willow

Hypernyms ("weeping willow" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("weeping willow" is a member of...):

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