goat willow

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English[edit]

goat willow catkins

Etymology[edit]

Browsed by goats.

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goat willow (plural goat willows)

  1. The pussy willow, a type of willow tree, Salix caprea, native to western Eurasia.
    • 1989, Keith Bosley, transl., The Kalevala, section II:
      On lowlands he sowed birches / alders in light soils / sowed bird cherries in new soils / and goat willows in fresh soils []

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