salix babylonica

2 definitions found

salix babylonica - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Weeping willow \Weep"ing wil"low\ (Bot.)
     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.
  
     Syn: Babylonian weeping willow. [PJC]

salix babylonica - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Salix babylonica
      n 1: willow with long drooping branches and slender leaves
           native to China; widely cultivated as an ornamental [syn:
           weeping willow, Babylonian weeping willow, Salix babylonica
           ]