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Definition of Sage willow

1. Noun. Willow shrub of dry places in the eastern United States having long narrow leaves canescent beneath.

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sage Willow

sage-grouses sage brush sage chicken sage chickens sage cock sage cocks sage green sage grouse sage grouses sage hen

sage hens sage sparrow sage sparrows sage thrasher sage thrashers sage willow (current term) sagebrush sagebrush lizard sagebrush mariposa tulip sagebrushes

sagehen sagehens sagehood sageland sagelands sagelike sagely sagene sagenes

Literary usage of Sage willow

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

1. Report (1913)
"sage willow. About and in wet places on the east side. Populus tremuloides Michx. American Aspen. Occasional but nowhere abundant. ..."

2. Ornamental Shrubs of the United States (hardy, Cultivated) by Austin Craig Apgar (1910)
"... densely covered with white woolly substance. Like the last, a low willow 2-5 feet high, in wet bogs. sage willow or HOARY WILLOW (572) — Salix ..."

3. Ornamental Shrubs of the United States (hardy, Cultivated) by Austin Craig Apgar (1910)
"sage willow or HOARY WILLOW (572) — Salix candida. C. Leaves 2-4 inches long, grayish and peculiarly veined. A willow 3-8 feet high growing in dry soil. ..."

4. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"GBW Salix humilis Marshall var. microphylla (Anderss.) Fern. Dwarf upland willow; sage willow Deciduous shrub Moist barrens and thickets. Salix tristis Ait. ..."

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