weeping willow

1. 1.

   willow with long drooping branches and slender leaves native to China; widely cultivated as an ornamental

   SynonymsBabylonian weeping willowSalix babylonica

   Broaderwillow

   Part ofSalix

Questions about weeping willow

What does weeping willow mean?

weeping willow means "willow with long drooping branches and slender leaves native to China; widely cultivated as an ornamental".

What is another word for weeping willow?

Close synonyms include Babylonian weeping willow, Salix babylonica. 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 weeping willow a common word?

weeping 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.