willow tree

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willow tree - any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix willow genus Salix, Salix - a large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees: willows osier - any of various willows having pliable twigs used in basketry and furniture Huntingdon willow, Salix alba, white willow - large willow tree of Eurasia and North Africa having greyish canescent leaves and grey bark Salix alba sericea, Salix sericea, silver willow, silky willow - North American willow with greyish silky pubescent leaves that usually blacken in drying cricket-bat willow, Salix alba caerulea - Eurasian willow tree having greyish leaves and ascending branches arctic willow, Salix arctica - low creeping shrub of Arctic Europe and America Babylonian weeping willow, Salix babylonica, weeping willow - willow with long drooping branches and slender leaves native to China; widely cultivated as an ornamental Salix blanda, Salix pendulina, Salix pendulina blanda, Wisconsin weeping willow - hybrid willow usually not strongly weeping in habit pussy willow, Salix discolor - small willow of eastern North America having greyish leaves and silky catkins that come before the leaves sallow - any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal 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 hoary willow, Salix candida, sage willow - North American shrub with whitish canescent leaves brittle willow, crack willow, Salix fragilis, snap willow - large willow tree with stiff branches that are easily broken prairie willow, Salix humilis - slender shrubby willow of dry areas of North America dwarf willow, Salix herbacea - widely distributed boreal shrubby willow with partially underground creeping stems and bright green glossy leaves gray willow, grey willow, Salix cinerea - Eurasian shrubby willow with whitish tomentose twigs arroyo willow, Salix lasiolepis - shrubby willow of the western United States Salix lucida, shining willow - common North American shrub with shiny lanceolate leaves black willow, Salix nigra, swamp willow - North American shrubby willow having dark bark and linear leaves growing close to streams and lakes bay willow, laurel willow, Salix pentandra - European willow tree with shining leathery leaves; widely naturalized in the eastern United States balsam willow, Salix pyrifolia - small shrubby tree of eastern North America having leaves exuding an odor of balsam when crushed creeping willow, Salix repens - small trailing bush of Europe and Asia having straggling branches with silky green leaves of which several varieties are cultivated Salix sitchensis, silky willow, Sitka willow - small shrubby tree of western North America (Alaska to Oregon) dwarf gray willow, dwarf grey willow, sage willow, Salix tristis - willow shrub of dry places in the eastern United States having long narrow leaves canescent beneath 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 tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms