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willow tree

Noun

Meaning

willow tree (plural willow trees)

A tree of the genus Salix.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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What a pity every child couldn't learn to read under a willow tree. Elizabeth George Speare

Grapes do not grow in a willow tree. Bulgarian Proverb

A confused man is like the drowning man who asks for pears from the willow tree. Kashmir Proverb

In about 1635, the Flemish chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont thought he had proved water to be the essential element from his famous five years' experiment with a willow tree grown with only the addition of rainwater. Source: Internet

It had so many things that hooked me as a child (and still do, honestly): a huge crazy house perched in a towering willow tree, a lovable hermit and her genius dog, visiting bears, witty illustrations, and a rhyming text in which the meter actually works. Source: Internet

It's closer to a palm tree than a willow tree this time," Source: Internet

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