SALIX NIGRA

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Meaning:

North American shrubby willow having dark bark and linear leaves growing close to streams and lakes

Synonyms:

black willow; Salix nigra; swamp willow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Salix nigra" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Salix nigra" is a member of...):

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