pussy_willow has definitions from the field of botany
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[ noun ] (botany) small willow of eastern North America having grayish leaves and silky catkins that come before the leaves

Synonyms

Salix_discolor

Used in print

(B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)

Now the thing for us to do is to find ourselves a_couple_of those wonderful flowering currants such_as the red Ribes_sanguineum of our Pacific_Northwest , or otherwise a good sloe tree , or perhaps some nice pussy_willow in bloom , preferably one with male or staminate catkins .

Related terms

willow Salix

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[ noun ] (botany) much-branched Old World willow having large catkins and relatively large broad leaves

Related terms

sallow Salix

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