willow family

Noun
  1. Two genera of trees or shrubs having hairy catkins: Salix;
    Populus (synset 112744745)
    is a type of: hamamelid dicot family - family of mostly woody dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins
    member holonym:
    • genus salix, salix - a large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees: willows
    • genus populus, populus - a genus of trees of the family Salicaceae that is found in the northern hemisphere; poplars
    belongs to: order salicales, salicales - coextensive with the family Salicaceae
    same as: family salicaceae, salicaceae

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