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BABYLONIAN WEEPING WILLOW

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Babylonian weeping willow mean?

• BABYLONIAN WEEPING WILLOW (noun)
The noun BABYLONIAN WEEPING WILLOW has 1 sense:

1. willow with long drooping branches and slender leaves native to China; widely cultivated as an ornamental

Familiarity information: BABYLONIAN WEEPING WILLOW used as a noun is very rare.

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• BABYLONIAN WEEPING WILLOW (noun)

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Babylonian weeping willow ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Willow with long drooping branches and slender leaves native to China; widely cultivated as an ornamental

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Babylonian weeping willow; Salix babylonica; weeping willow

Hypernyms ("Babylonian weeping willow" is a kind of...):

willow; willow tree (any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix)

Holonyms ("Babylonian weeping willow" is a member of...):

genus Salix; Salix (a large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees: willows)

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