Definition of Snap willow

1. Noun. Large willow tree with stiff branches that are easily broken.

Exact synonyms: Brittle Willow, Crack Willow, Salix Fragilis
Group relationships: Genus Salix, Salix
Generic synonyms: Willow, Willow Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Snap Willow

snap it up
snap judgment
snap line
snap of a finger
snap off
snap one's fingers
snap out of
snap pea
snap pizzicato
snap ring
snap rings
snap roll
snap shot
snap someone's head off
snap up
snap willow (current term)
snaparazzi
snapback
snapbacks
snapdragon
snapdragons
snaped
snaphaan
snaphaans
snaphance
snaphances
snaphaunce
snaphaunces
snaphead
snapheads

Literary usage of Snap 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)
"Brittle or snap willow. Fig. 1456. Salix fragilis L. Sp. PI. 1017. 1753. attaining a maximum height of about 80° and aA tall, slender tree, with roughish ..."

2. A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Wiltshire by George Edward Dartnell, Edward Hungerford Goddard (1893)
"—SW *Snap-willow. Salix fragilis, L., from its brittleness (Great Estate, ch. v). Snead, Snaith. The pole of a scythe (A.). ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1904)
"The second species, 5. fragilis, called the crack or snap willow, on account of the ease with which the branches break from the stem in spring time, ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1904)
"The second species, -S. fragilis, called the crack or snap willow, on account of the ease with which the branches break from the stem in spring time, ..."

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