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    SILKY WILLOW

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    North American willow with greyish silky pubescent leaves that usually blacken in dryingplay

    Synonyms:

    Salix alba sericea; Salix sericea; silky willow; silver willow

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("silky willow" is a kind of...):

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

    Holonyms ("silky willow" is a member of...):

    genus Salix; Salix (a large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees: willows)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Small shrubby tree of western North America (Alaska to Oregon)play

    Synonyms:

    Salix sitchensis; silky willow; Sitka willow

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("silky willow" is a kind of...):

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

    Holonyms ("silky willow" 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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