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silver willow

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Noun1.silver willow - North American willow with greyish silky pubescent leaves that usually blacken in drying
genus Salix, Salix - a large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees: willows
willow, willow tree - any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix


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AND AS IT'S GOING BY ANNA AKHMATOVA And as it's going often at love's breaking, The ghost of first days came again to us, The silver willow through window then stretched in, The silver beauty of her gentle branches.
The silver willow, Salix, is a mass of long, silver leaves that shimmer and whisper in the slightest breeze.
Byline: Carol Ann Duffy AND AS IT'S GOING BY ANNA AKHMATOVA And as it's going often at love's breaking, The ghost of first days came again to us, The silver willow through window then stretched in, The silver beauty of her gentle branches.
 
 
 
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