Meanings
nounFrench willow (plural French willows)
plural French willows
- A species of willow tree, Salix triandra, native to Eurasia.
In the shady retreat under the hill grew clusters of luxuriant ferns; the wild French willow stood proudly with its lofty crest of red and gorgeous flowers between the pebbles[.]
1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 280
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