Lexic.us

Definition of Bush willow

1. Noun. Small South African tree having creamy yellow fragrant flowers usually growing on stream banks.

2. Noun. Small deciduous tree of the Transvaal having spikes of yellow flowers.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bush Willow

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Literary usage of Bush willow

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

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"In dry soil, Newfoundland to Ontario, North with 5". discolor. Low or bush-willow. April-May. Carolina, Tennessee and Kansas. Hybridizes 24. ..."

2. Sketches of the Physical Geography and Geology of Nebraska by Samuel Aughey (1880)
"bush willow (S. humilis.) Missouri bottoms, Niobrara. Loups, Elkhorn, Logan, Platte and Republican. 84. Glaucous Willow (S. discolor. ..."

3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1915)
"... I was startled by a bird about the size of a Least Bittern flying out of some Scirpus lacustris and heading toward a thicket of button-bush, willow, ..."

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