florist's willow

1. 1.

   much-branched Old World willow having large catkins and relatively large broad leaves

   Synonymsgoat willowpussy willowSalix caprea

   Broadersallow

   Part ofSalix

Questions about florist's willow

What does florist's willow mean?

florist's willow means "much-branched Old World willow having large catkins and relatively large broad leaves".

What is another word for florist's willow?

Close synonyms include goat willow, pussy willow, Salix caprea. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is florist's willow a common word?

florist's willow is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.