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willow - any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix |
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tree English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917)
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genus salix,
salix a large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees: willows
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osier any of various willows having pliable twigs used in basketry and furniture
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huntingdon willow,
salix alba,
white willow large willow tree of Eurasia and North Africa having greyish canescent leaves and grey bark
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salix alba sericea,
salix sericea,
silver willow,
silky willow North American willow with greyish silky pubescent leaves that usually blacken in drying
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cricket-bat willow,
salix alba caerulea Eurasian willow tree having greyish leaves and ascending branches
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arctic willow,
salix arctica low creeping shrub of Arctic Europe and America
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babylonian weeping willow,
salix babylonica,
weeping willow willow with long drooping branches and slender leaves native to China; widely cultivated as an ornamental
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salix blanda,
salix pendulina,
salix pendulina blanda,
wisconsin weeping willow hybrid willow usually not strongly weeping in habit
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salix discolor,
pussy willow small willow of eastern North America having greyish leaves and silky catkins that come before the leaves
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sallow any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal
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almond-leaves willow,
peach-leaved willow,
peachleaf willow,
salix amygdaloides willow of the western United States with leaves like those of peach or almond trees
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hoary willow,
salix candida,
sage willow North American shrub with whitish canescent leaves
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brittle willow,
crack willow,
salix fragilis,
snap willow large willow tree with stiff branches that are easily broken
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prairie willow,
salix humilis slender shrubby willow of dry areas of North America
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dwarf willow,
salix herbacea widely distributed boreal shrubby willow with partially underground creeping stems and bright green glossy leaves
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gray willow,
grey willow,
salix cinerea Eurasian shrubby willow with whitish tomentose twigs
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arroyo willow,
salix lasiolepis shrubby willow of the western United States
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salix lucida,
shining willow common North American shrub with shiny lanceolate leaves
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black willow,
salix nigra,
swamp willow North American shrubby willow having dark bark and linear leaves growing close to streams and lakes
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bay willow,
laurel willow,
salix pentandra European willow tree with shining leathery leaves; widely naturalized in the eastern United States
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balsam willow,
salix pyrifolia small shrubby tree of eastern North America having leaves exuding an odor of balsam when crushed
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creeping willow,
salix repens small trailing bush of Europe and Asia having straggling branches with silky green leaves of which several varieties are cultivated
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salix sitchensis,
sitka willow,
silky willow small shrubby tree of western North America (Alaska to Oregon)
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dwarf gray willow,
dwarf grey willow,
salix tristis,
sage willow willow shrub of dry places in the eastern United States having long narrow leaves canescent beneath
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bearberry willow,
salix uva-ursi 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
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willow - a textile machine having a system of revolving spikes for opening and cleaning raw textile fibers |
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textile machine a machine for making textiles
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