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weeping willow

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weeping willow
n.
A widely cultivated deciduous tree (Salix babylonica) native to China, having long slender drooping branches and narrow leaves.
weeping willow
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a hybrid willow tree, Salix alba ✕ S. babylonica, known as S. alba var. tristis, having long hanging branches: widely planted for ornament
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Noun1.weeping willowweeping willow - willow with long drooping branches and slender leaves native to China; widely cultivated as an ornamental
Babylonian weeping willow, Salix babylonica
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
Translations
weeping willow
n → Trauerweide f
weeping willow n → salice m piangente
weeping willow n → salice m piangente


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Over the head of my bed there is a picture of Robby Burns standing at Highland Mary's grave, shadowed by an enormous weeping willow tree.
Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
At that sneeze, Harlequin, who until then had been as sad as a weeping willow, smiled happily and leaning toward the Marionette, whispered to him:
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The summer was come now, and the gardener, an old sailor, made him a hammock and fixed it up for him in the branches of a weeping willow.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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