Pussy Willow (Noun)
Meaning 1
Small willow of eastern North America having greyish leaves and silky catkins that come before the leaves.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
Much-branched Old World willow having large catkins and relatively large broad leaves.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The tree commonly referred to as the pussy willow, has branches with dense gray furry catkins and slender flexible shoots.
- Near the park entrance was a stand of shrub willows and one majestic weeping pussy willow, spreading wide across the creek bed.
- After carefully surveying the overgrown gardens and dilapidated structures the landscaper had set to work immediately by first pruning a towering old pussy willow to frame the historic arbor gateway.
- I followed her pointing hand out to a mature Pussy willow sprouting beside an irregular stony hill covered with stumps.
- Laden with fluffy grey seed catkins of pussy willow gently bob up and down and over dance their little watery refection and caress that watery skin so eagerly.