salix pentandra

1. 1.

   European willow tree with shining leathery leaves; widely naturalized in the eastern United States

   Synonymsbay willowlaurel willow

   Broaderwillow

   Part ofSalix

Questions about salix pentandra

What does salix pentandra mean?

salix pentandra means "European willow tree with shining leathery leaves; widely naturalized in the eastern United States".

What is another word for salix pentandra?

Close synonyms include bay willow, laurel willow. 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 salix pentandra a common word?

salix pentandra 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.