SALIX UVA-URSI

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

bearberry willow; Salix uva-ursi

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Hypernyms ("Salix uva-ursi" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Salix uva-ursi" 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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