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Definition of Bay willow
1. Noun. European willow tree with shining leathery leaves; widely naturalized in the eastern United States.
Group relationships: Genus Salix, Salix
Generic synonyms: Willow, Willow Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bay Willow
Literary usage of Bay willow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"bay willow, or bay willow-herb. (Misprinted Bay Yellow-herbe, in Ger. Emac., 479.)
Epilobium angustifolium, L. Has ' leaves like the greatest willow or ..."
2. Tracts Relative to the Island of St. Helena: Written During a Residence of by Alexander Beatson (1816)
"... (or Botany bay willow), its rapid Growth —yields innumerable Pods, containing
a sort of Pulse fit for feeding Poultry—its Culture recommended. ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"("Wolverhampton). From the aromatic bay-like smell of its leaves. bay willow, or
bay willow herb. (Misprinted Bay Yellow-herbe, in Ger. ..."
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