weeping tree

noun

Any tree with pendulous branches, such as a weeping willow.

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Meanings

nounweeping tree (plural weeping trees)

plural weeping trees

  1. Any tree with pendulous branches, such as a weeping willow.
  2. A tree from which honeydew or other liquid secretions of insects drip in considerable quantities, especially one infested by the larvae of any species of the genus Ptylus, allied to the cuckoo spits, which in tropical countries secrete large quantities of a watery fluid.

Translations

French arbre pleureur
  • arbre pleureurtree with pendulous branches
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APA

weeping tree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weeping%20tree

MLA

“weeping tree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weeping%20tree. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “weeping tree,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weeping%20tree.

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