Lexic.us

Definition of Silver willow

1. Noun. North American willow with greyish silky pubescent leaves that usually blacken in drying.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Silver Willow

Literary usage of Silver willow

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Check List of the Forest Trees of the United States: Their Names and Ranges by George Bishop Sudworth (1898)
"... through western Washington and Oregon, western (dopes of California, Sierra and coa: j ranges. NAMES IN USE.—Willow (Cal., Oreg.); silver willow ((.';. ..."

2. Flora of the Rocky Mountains and Adjacent Plains, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming by Per Axel Rydberg (1917)
"... SILK WEED 671 Silphium 924 SILVER-BERRY 581 SILVER-BUSH 581 SILVER POPLAR 187 SILVER PLANT 219 SILVER-WEED 421 silver willow 196 ..."

3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1919)
"... Ckll. New Mexico: Stations 38, 42, 45, 50, 53 (1914), on Silver, Willow and Turkey Creeks, Mogollón Mountains, Socorro Co. ..."

4. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"Canada and northeastern US Glaucous- Willow, Pussy Willow, Bog, Swamp or Silver Willow. Oat- king of this wild some other species called Pussy-eats, ..."

5. The United States Democratic Review by Conrad Swackhamer (1853)
"... They bore thee o'er the billow— From me to titled age and crime And an unholy pillow— From love and from our wintry clime Where weeps the silver willow. ..."

6. Nantucket Wild Flowers by Alice Owen Albertson (1921)
"March-April Pussy-willow, Glaucous Willow, silver willow. Salix: Latin classical name. Discolor: Latin for two-coloured. THE PREFERRED HABITAT: damp borders ..."

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