weeping willow

weeping willow

n. Any of various willows with long slender drooping branches, especially the Chinese species Salix babylonica and its hybrids, widely cultivated as ornamentals.

weeping willow

n (Plants) a hybrid willow tree, Salix alba × S. babylonica, known as S. alba var. tristis, having long hanging branches: widely planted for ornament

weep′ing wil′low

n. an Asian willow, Salix babylonica, characterized by the drooping habit of its branches. [1725–35]

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weeping willow - willow with long drooping branches and slender leaves native to China; widely cultivated as an ornamentalBabylonian weeping willow, Salix babylonicagenus Salix, Salix - a large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees: willowswillow, willow tree - any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix

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