weeping willow
noun
: an Asian willow (Salix babylonica) introduced into North America that has slender pendent branches
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The exterior is gray and well-kept, with a small bed of flowers and a towering weeping willow nearby.
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Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 7 Jan. 2025
Barbara had just planted three weeping willows for Kat.
—Jazmine Hughes, New York Times, 10 May 2023
The corkscrew willow branches were painted red, the weeping willow branches white.
—Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel, 15 Dec. 2022
The highlight is the Koi edition, whose black dial features the bright orange Japanese fish taking a dip into the blue rippling water of a pond just beneath a weeping willow tree.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 29 Nov. 2022
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Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 7 Jan. 2025
Barbara had just planted three weeping willows for Kat.
—Jazmine Hughes, New York Times, 10 May 2023
The corkscrew willow branches were painted red, the weeping willow branches white.
—Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel, 15 Dec. 2022
The highlight is the Koi edition, whose black dial features the bright orange Japanese fish taking a dip into the blue rippling water of a pond just beneath a weeping willow tree.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 29 Nov. 2022
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“Weeping willow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weeping%20willow. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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