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willow tree

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

name

Meaning 1

A locality in the Liverpool Plains council area, central New South Wales, Australia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

A tree of the genus Salix.

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noun

Meaning 3

any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: willow

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Broader terms: tree

Narrower terms: osier, white willow, Huntingdon willow, Salix alba, silver willow, silky willow, Salix alba sericea, Salix sericea, cricket-bat willow, Salix alba caerulea, arctic willow, Salix arctica, weeping willow, Babylonian weeping willow, Salix babylonica, Wisconsin weeping willow, Salix pendulina, Salix blanda, Salix pendulina blanda, pussy willow, Salix discolor, sallow, peachleaf willow, peach-leaved willow, almond-leaves willow, Salix amygdaloides, hoary willow, sage willow, Salix candida, crack willow, brittle willow, snap willow, Salix fragilis, prairie willow, Salix humilis, dwarf willow, Salix herbacea, grey willow, gray willow, Salix cinerea, arroyo willow, Salix lasiolepis, shining willow, Salix lucida, swamp willow, black willow, Salix nigra, bay willow, laurel willow, Salix pentandra, balsam willow, Salix pyrifolia, creeping willow, Salix repens, Sitka willow, Salix sitchensis, dwarf grey willow, dwarf gray willow, Salix tristis, bearberry willow, Salix uva-ursi

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