weeping willow
Noun

weeping willow (plural weeping willows)

  1. A species of willow (Salix babylonica) with pendulous branches, native to China.
  2. Any of the numerous decorative cultivars and hybrids of Salix babylonica (with white willow (Salix alba) or crack willow (Salix fragilis).
Synonyms
  • (Salix babylonica) Peking willow, Babylon willow
Translations
  • French: saule pleureur
  • German: Echte Trauerweide, Chinesische Trauerweide, Babylonische Trauerweide
  • Italian: salice piangente
  • Portuguese: chorão, salgueiro-chorão
  • Russian: плаку́чая и́ва
  • Spanish: sauce llorón
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