Meanings
plural white willows
- A willow native to Europe and western Asia (Salix alba).
Here, Tess interjected. Follow me, and she took them to a clearing filled with willow: I think these are white willows and by spring they will flourish, don’t they look kind of feminine? The male and female flowers grow on separate trees.
2023, Elaine Feeney, How to Build a Boat, Vintage (2024), pages 150-151
Synonyms & antonyms
nounlarge willow tree of Eurasia and North Africa having greyish canescent leaves and grey bark
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan salze blanc, salze grec
- salze blancSalix alba
- salze grecSalix alba
Dutch schietwilg
- schietwilgSalix alba
Finnish valkosalava, valkopaju
- valkosalavaSalix alba
- valkopajuSalix alba
French saule blanc
- saule blancSalix alba
German Silber-Weide
- Silber-WeideSalix alba
Irish saileach bhán
- saileach bhánSalix alba
Korean 흰버드나무
- 흰버드나무 (huinbeodeunamu)Salix alba
Polish wierzba biała
- wierzba białaSalix alba
Portuguese salgueiro-branco
- salgueiro-brancoSalix alba
Russian ветла́
- ветла́ (vetlá)Salix alba
Swedish vitpil
- vitpilSalix alba
Turkish aksöğüt
- aksöğütSalix alba
Welsh helygen wen
- helygen wenSalix alba
Cite this entry
white willow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white%20willow
“white willow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white%20willow. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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