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Definition of Black willow

1. Noun. North American shrubby willow having dark bark and linear leaves growing close to streams and lakes.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Willow

Literary usage of Black willow

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

1. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"black willow (local and com- Willow (NY, Pa., NC, mon name). SC, Miss., Tex., Cal., Swamp Willow (XC, SC). Ky., Mo., Neb.). Locality. ..."

2. Dr. Chase's Family Physician, Farrier, Bee-keeper, and Second Receipt Book by Alvin Wood Chase (1874)
"The steaming and poulticing and fomenting had also failed ; he then tried the pussy willow, or black willow bark, pounded and mixed with cream, ..."

3. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"(S. longipes) black willow DD. Leaves glaucous beneath. ... (5. lasiandra) BLACK WILLOW BB. Stamens 2 on each scale of catkin. lustrous, pale beneath. (5. ..."

4. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"black willow (local and com- Willow (NY, Pa., NC, mon name). SC, Miss., Tex., Cal., Swamp Willow (XC, SC). Ky., Mo., Neb.). Locality. ..."

5. Dr. Chase's Family Physician, Farrier, Bee-keeper, and Second Receipt Book by Alvin Wood Chase (1874)
"The steaming and poulticing and fomenting had also failed ; he then tried the pussy willow, or black willow bark, pounded and mixed with cream, ..."

6. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"(S. longipes) black willow DD. Leaves glaucous beneath. ... (5. lasiandra) BLACK WILLOW BB. Stamens 2 on each scale of catkin. lustrous, pale beneath. (5. ..."

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