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