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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Weeping willow

· Weep·ing wil·low · IPA
01 a tree (Salix babylonica) of the willow family with slender leaves, native to China, whose branches grow very long and slender, and hang do…
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    a tree (Salix babylonica) of the willow family with slender leaves, native to China, whose branches grow very long and slender, and hang down almost perpendicularly. It grows best where soil is moist, as by the banks of streams and is widely cultivated as an ornamental tree.(Bot.)