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SALIX BABYLONICA

Dictionary entry overview: What does Salix babylonica mean?

• SALIX BABYLONICA (noun)
The noun SALIX BABYLONICA has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: SALIX BABYLONICA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SALIX BABYLONICA (noun)

Sense 1

Salix babylonica ^{[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 ("Salix babylonica" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Salix babylonica" 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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