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white willow

noun

Definition of white willow

1 : a large willow (Salix alba) of Eurasia and northern Africa that is often cultivated and has silky pubescent leaves, gray bark, and light soft tough wood

— called also Huntingdon willow

2 : any of several American willows having canescent leaves

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1527, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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