weeping willow

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Noun

weeping willow (plural weeping willows)

1. A decorative variety of willow tree with especially pendulous branches.

Usage notes

The term weeping willow is used of a cultivar of Peking willow (Salix babylonica) as well as of its hybrids with white willow (Salix alba) or crack willow (Salix fragilis).

Translations

tree

Afrikaans: treurwilg (af) Chinese: Mandarin: 垂柳 (zh) (chuíliǔ) Croatian: žalosna vrba (hr) f. Dutch: treurwilg (nl) m. Esperanto: plorema saliko (eo) Finnish: itkupaju (fi), itkuraita (fi) French: saule pleureur (fr) m. German: Trauerweide (de) f.

Greek: ιτιά η κλαίουσα (el) (itiá i kléussa) f. Hungarian: szomorúfűz (hu) Italian: salice piangente (it) m. Japanese: 枝垂柳 (ja), シダレヤナギ (ja) (shidareyanagi) Polish: wierzba płacząca (pl) f. Russian: плакучая ива (ru) (plakúčaja íva) f. Slovak: smutná vŕba f. Spanish: sauce llorón m. Volapük: lügasalig (vo)

Synonyms

• Peking willow