creeping willow

noun

Any member of the species Salix repens of small, shrubby willows found among sand dunes and heathlands.

Similar
Salix repens

Meanings

nouncreeping willow (plural creeping willows)

plural creeping willows

  1. Any member of the species Salix repens of small, shrubby willows found among sand dunes and heathlands.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsmall trailing bush of Europe and Asia having straggling branches with silky green leaves of which several varieties are cultivated

Similar
Salix repens

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

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