weeping willow

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weeping willow

A widely cultivated deciduous tree (Salix babylonica) native to China, having long slender drooping branches and narrow leaves.

weeping willow

(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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Noun

weeping 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

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