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Definition of Peach-leaved willow
1. Noun. Willow of the western United States with leaves like those of peach or almond trees.
Group relationships: Genus Salix, Salix
Generic synonyms: Willow, Willow Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peach-leaved Willow
Literary usage of Peach-leaved willow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report: New York by Otis Stuart (1904)
"Petoskey; St. Jo., Dr. Wright in Torr. Herb., Bebb. Hooker's original specimens
came from Labrador. *755. S. amygdaloides Anders. peach-leaved willow. ..."
2. Illustrated Key to the Wild and Commonly Cultivated Trees of the by James Franklin Collins, Howard Willis Preston (1912)
"Peach- leaved Willow. 93. Leaf-stalk more than f of an inch long. ... Western NY,
western Penn. westward. (Fig. 84.) peach-leaved willow ..."
3. A Guide to the Trees by Alice Lounsberry (1900)
"... and quite as often it occurs as a shrub. Its leaves are characteristic.
WESTERN BLACK WILLOW. peach-leaved willow. ALMOND WILLOW. ..."
4. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"peach-leaved willow. Fig. Salix amygdaloides Anders, Ofv. Handl. Vet. Akad.
1858: 114. 1858. sometimes 70° high and the trunk 2° in diameter, A small tree, ..."
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