salix : Idioms & Phrases

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genus salix

  • noun a large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees: willows
    Salix.
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salix alba

  • noun large willow tree of Eurasia and North Africa having greyish canescent leaves and grey bark
    white willow; Huntingdon willow.
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salix alba caerulea

  • noun Eurasian willow tree having greyish leaves and ascending branches
    cricket-bat willow.
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salix alba sericea

  • noun North American willow with greyish silky pubescent leaves that usually blacken in drying
    silky willow; silver willow; Salix alba sericea.
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salix alba vitellina

  • noun European willow having greyish leaves and yellow-orange twigs used in basketry
    golden willow; Salix alba vitellina.
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salix amygdalina

  • noun Old World willow with light green leaves cultivated for use in basketry
    black Hollander; almond willow; Salix amygdalina.
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salix amygdaloides

  • noun willow of the western United States with leaves like those of peach or almond trees
    peachleaf willow; almond-leaves willow; peach-leaved willow.
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salix arctica

  • noun low creeping shrub of Arctic Europe and America
    arctic willow.
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salix babylonica

  • noun willow with long drooping branches and slender leaves native to China; widely cultivated as an ornamental
    Babylonian weeping willow; weeping willow.
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salix blanda

  • noun hybrid willow usually not strongly weeping in habit
    Wisconsin weeping willow; Salix blanda; Salix pendulina.
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salix candida

  • noun North American shrub with whitish canescent leaves
    sage willow; hoary willow.
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salix caprea

  • noun much-branched Old World willow having large catkins and relatively large broad leaves
    goat willow; florist's willow; pussy willow.
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salix cinerea

  • noun Eurasian shrubby willow with whitish tomentose twigs
    grey willow; gray willow.
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salix discolor

  • noun small willow of eastern North America having greyish leaves and silky catkins that come before the leaves
    pussy willow.
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salix fragilis

  • noun large willow tree with stiff branches that are easily broken
    crack willow; snap willow; brittle willow.
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salix herbacea

  • noun widely distributed boreal shrubby willow with partially underground creeping stems and bright green glossy leaves
    dwarf willow.
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salix humilis

  • noun slender shrubby willow of dry areas of North America
    prairie willow.
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salix lasiolepis

  • noun shrubby willow of the western United States
    arroyo willow.
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salix lucida

  • noun common North American shrub with shiny lanceolate leaves
    shining willow.
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salix nigra

  • noun North American shrubby willow having dark bark and linear leaves growing close to streams and lakes
    swamp willow; black willow.
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salix pendulina

  • noun hybrid willow usually not strongly weeping in habit
    Wisconsin weeping willow; Salix blanda; Salix pendulina.
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salix pendulina blanda

  • noun hybrid willow usually not strongly weeping in habit
    Wisconsin weeping willow; Salix blanda; Salix pendulina.
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salix pentandra

  • noun European willow tree with shining leathery leaves; widely naturalized in the eastern United States
    laurel willow; bay willow.
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salix purpurea

  • noun Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich in tannin
    purple willow; purple osier; red osier; red willow; basket willow.
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salix pyrifolia

  • noun small shrubby tree of eastern North America having leaves exuding an odor of balsam when crushed
    balsam willow.
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salix repens

  • noun small trailing bush of Europe and Asia having straggling branches with silky green leaves of which several varieties are cultivated
    creeping willow.
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salix sericea

  • noun North American willow with greyish silky pubescent leaves that usually blacken in drying
    silky willow; silver willow; Salix alba sericea.
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salix sitchensis

  • noun small shrubby tree of western North America (Alaska to Oregon)
    Sitka willow; silky willow.
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salix triandra

  • noun Old World willow with light green leaves cultivated for use in basketry
    black Hollander; almond willow; Salix amygdalina.
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salix tristis

  • noun willow shrub of dry places in the eastern United States having long narrow leaves canescent beneath
    dwarf gray willow; sage willow; dwarf grey willow.
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salix uva-ursi

  • noun 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
    bearberry willow.
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salix viminalis

  • noun willow with long flexible twigs used in basketry
    common osier; hemp willow; velvet osier.
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salix vitellina

  • noun European willow having greyish leaves and yellow-orange twigs used in basketry
    golden willow; Salix alba vitellina.
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