white willow

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Noun

white willow (plural white willows)

  1. A willow native to Europe and western Asia (Salix alba).
    • 2023, Elaine Feeney, How to Build a Boat, Vintage (2024), pages 150-151:
      Here, Tess interjected. Follow me, and she took them to a clearing filled with willow: I think these are white willows and by spring they will flourish, don’t they look kind of feminine? The male and female flowers grow on separate trees.

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