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weeping willow
noun
- an Asian willow, Salix babylonica, characterized by the drooping habit of its branches.
weeping willow
noun
- a hybrid willow tree, Salix alba × S. babylonica , known as S. alba var. tristis , having long hanging branches: widely planted for ornament
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Word History and Origins
Origin of weeping willow1
First recorded in 1725–35
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Example Sentences
Caroline has a new dress to air, or a hat with a weeping willow plume—things which a tilbury will set off to a charm.
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Tess watched him stagger along the shore through the rain, the shadows of the weeping-willow trees at last swallowing him up.
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He went into the house, lighted his lamp, sat down, read the letter; he went out and stood under the weeping-willow.
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There are now neither shrubs nor flowers by the river, but here and there a weeping willow overhangs the water.
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The weeping willow hangs her branches down to my eternally murmuring waves.
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