Salix
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salix
(ˈseɪlɪks)n
(Plants) a plant or tree of the willow family
[Latin salix willow]
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| Noun | 1. |  Salix - a large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees: willowshamamelid dicot genus - genus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins family Salicaceae, Salicaceae, willow family - two genera of trees or shrubs having hairy catkins: Salix; Populus willow, willow tree - any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix 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 golden willow, Salix alba vitellina, Salix vitellina - European willow having greyish leaves and yellow-orange twigs used in basketry 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 florist's willow, goat willow, Salix caprea, pussy willow - much-branched Old World willow having large catkins and relatively large broad leaves almond-leaves willow, peachleaf willow, peach-leaved willow, Salix amygdaloides - willow of the western United States with leaves like those of peach or almond trees almond willow, black Hollander, Salix amygdalina, Salix triandra - Old World willow with light green leaves cultivated for use in basketry 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 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 basket willow, purple osier, purple willow, red willow, Salix purpurea, red osier - Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich in tannin 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 |
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