silky willow

Questions about silky willow

What does silky willow mean?

silky willow means "small shrubby tree of western North America (Alaska to Oregon)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for silky willow?

Close synonyms include Sitka willow, Salix sitchensis, silver willow, Salix alba sericea, Salix sericea. 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 silky willow a common word?

silky willow is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.