Definition of salix Salix
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| salix - a large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees: willows | ||
| genus Salix | ||
| hamamelid dicot genus genus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins | ||
| family salicaceae, salicaceae, willow family two genera of trees or shrubs having hairy catkins: Salix; Populus | ||
| willow tree, willow a textile machine having a system of revolving spikes for opening and cleaning raw textile fibers | ||
| 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, silver willow, silky 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 | ||
| salix discolor, pussy willow 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, salix caprea, pussy willow 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, salix candida, sage willow 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 willow, salix purpurea, red osier 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, sitka willow, silky willow small shrubby tree of western North America (Alaska to Oregon) | ||
| dwarf gray willow, dwarf grey willow, salix tristis, sage willow 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 | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary π
- salix (n.)
A genus of trees or shrubs including the willow, osier, and the like, growing usually in wet grounds. - salix (n.)
A tree or shrub of any kind of willow.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary π
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salix
sΔβ²liks, n. a genus of apetalous trees and shrubs, the willows. [L.]
