genus Salix

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genus Salix - a large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees: willowsSalixhamamelid dicot genus - genus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkinsfamily Salicaceae, Salicaceae, willow family - two genera of trees or shrubs having hairy catkins: Salix; Populuswillow, willow tree - any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salixosier - any of various willows having pliable twigs used in basketry and furnitureHuntingdon willow, Salix alba, white willow - large willow tree of Eurasia and North Africa having greyish canescent leaves and grey barkSalix alba sericea, Salix sericea, silver willow, silky willow - North American willow with greyish silky pubescent leaves that usually blacken in dryinggolden willow, Salix alba vitellina, Salix vitellina - European willow having greyish leaves and yellow-orange twigs used in basketrycricket-bat willow, Salix alba caerulea - Eurasian willow tree having greyish leaves and ascending branchesarctic willow, Salix arctica - low creeping shrub of Arctic Europe and AmericaBabylonian weeping willow, Salix babylonica, weeping willow - willow with long drooping branches and slender leaves native to China; widely cultivated as an ornamentalSalix blanda, Salix pendulina, Salix pendulina blanda, Wisconsin weeping willow - hybrid willow usually not strongly weeping in habitpussy willow, Salix discolor - small willow of eastern North America having greyish leaves and silky catkins that come before the leavessallow - any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoalflorist's willow, goat willow, Salix caprea, pussy willow - much-branched Old World willow having large catkins and relatively large broad leavesalmond-leaves willow, peachleaf willow, peach-leaved willow, Salix amygdaloides - willow of the western United States with leaves like those of peach or almond treesalmond willow, black Hollander, Salix amygdalina, Salix triandra - Old World willow with light green leaves cultivated for use in basketryhoary willow, Salix candida, sage willow - North American shrub with whitish canescent leavesbrittle willow, crack willow, Salix fragilis, snap willow - large willow tree with stiff branches that are easily brokenprairie willow, Salix humilis - slender shrubby willow of dry areas of North Americadwarf willow, Salix herbacea - widely distributed boreal shrubby willow with partially underground creeping stems and bright green glossy leavesgray willow, grey willow, Salix cinerea - Eurasian shrubby willow with whitish tomentose twigsarroyo willow, Salix lasiolepis - shrubby willow of the western United StatesSalix lucida, shining willow - common North American shrub with shiny lanceolate leavesblack willow, Salix nigra, swamp willow - North American shrubby willow having dark bark and linear leaves growing close to streams and lakesbay willow, laurel willow, Salix pentandra - European willow tree with shining leathery leaves; widely naturalized in the eastern United Statesbasket willow, purple osier, purple willow, red willow, Salix purpurea, red osier - Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich in tanninbalsam willow, Salix pyrifolia - small shrubby tree of eastern North America having leaves exuding an odor of balsam when crushedcreeping willow, Salix repens - small trailing bush of Europe and Asia having straggling branches with silky green leaves of which several varieties are cultivatedSalix sitchensis, silky willow, Sitka willow - small shrubby tree of western North America (Alaska to Oregon)dwarf gray willow, dwarf grey willow, sage willow, Salix tristis - willow shrub of dry places in the eastern United States having long narrow leaves canescent beneathbearberry 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