salix
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A large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees: willows (synset 112744961)
is a type of: hamamelid dicot genus - genus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkinsmember holonym:
- 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, silky willow, silver 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, pussy willow, salix caprea - much-branched Old World willow having large catkins and relatively large broad leaves
- almond-leaves willow, peach-leaved willow, peachleaf 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
- hoary willow, sage willow, salix candida - North American shrub with whitish canescent leaves
- 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
- gray willow, grey willow, salix cinerea - Eurasian shrubby willow with whitish tomentose twigs
- 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 osier, red willow, salix purpurea - 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
- common osier, hemp willow, salix viminalis, velvet osier - willow with long flexible twigs used in basketry
belongs to: family salicaceae, salicaceae, willow family - two genera of trees or shrubs having hairy catkins: Salix; Populussame as: genus salix
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