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Definition of Hoary willow

1. Noun. North American shrub with whitish canescent leaves.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoary Willow

Literary usage of Hoary willow

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"As beach plants, the long-leafed willow, the hoary willow, the heart-leafed ... Some of the willows, notably the hoary willow and the heart-leafed willow, ..."

2. Our Northern Shrubs and how to Identify Them: A Handbook for the Nature-lover by Harriet Louise Keeler (1903)
"On its native bogs the hoary willow appears as a sprawling, straggling bush, and in the garden where it readily makes itself at home it never becomes ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1877)
"With it is the hoary willow (Salix Candida), which, as it is common throughout ... At Dalton, NH, near the head of Fifteen Miles Falls, the hoary willow ..."

4. Peat: Essays on Its Origin, Uses and Distribution in Michigan by Charles Albert Davis (1907)
"... of which the Dwarf Birch and Swamp Honeysuckle, several species of Willow, of which the hoary willow was the most conspicuous, and a constant admixture ..."

5. Report of the State Board of Geological Survey by Michigan Geological Survey, Alfred Church Lane (1907)
"Dwarf Birch, hoary willow (scattered among the other shrubs), Choke-berry (on the higher stools formed by the tree roots, etc.), River-bank Sedge (in the ..."

6. Reports of the Survey (1899)
"As beach plants, the long-leafed willow, the hoary willow, the heart-leafed ... Some of the willows, notably the hoary willow and the heart-leafed willow, ..."

7. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and ...by Liberty Hyde Bailey by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"hoary willow. Fig. 3526. A shrub, 2-5 ft. high: young branches hoary, becoming smooth and red with age: buds reddish, rounded at the 3529. ..."

8. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1854)
"The hoary Willow. Identification. Lodd. Cat, ed. 1836. Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves oblong.lanceolate, acute, 2in. or 3 in. long; glabrous and shining above, ..."

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