weeping willow
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weeping willow
n.
Any of various willows with long slender drooping branches, especially the Chinese species Salix babylonica and its hybrids, widely cultivated as ornamentals.
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weeping willow
n
(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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weep′ing wil′low
n.
an Asian willow, Salix babylonica, characterized by the drooping habit of its branches.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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 |
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weeping willow
n → Trauerweide f
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