1
: any of a genus (Salix of the family Salicaceae, the willow family) of trees and shrubs bearing catkins of apetalous flowers and including forms of value for wood, osiers, or tanbark and a few ornamentals
2
: an object made of willow wood
especially
: a cricket bat
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He will be laid to rest beside his wife of 77 years, Rosalynn, who passed in November 2023, under a willow tree at their home.
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Shirleen Guerra | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Jan. 2025
That was the case when Captain William Francis Lynch took a slip from a willow tree that grew by Napoleon Bonaparte’s original gravesite.
—Jessica Farthing, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2025
Following the service, Carter will be interred at the family home in a private ceremony, buried beneath a willow tree next to his late wife Rosalynn.
—Stephen Fowler, NPR, 30 Dec. 2024
The couple’s gravestones will be by a willow tree at the edge of a pond that Jimmy helped dig.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 29 Dec. 2024
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Shirleen Guerra | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Jan. 2025
That was the case when Captain William Francis Lynch took a slip from a willow tree that grew by Napoleon Bonaparte’s original gravesite.
—Jessica Farthing, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2025
Following the service, Carter will be interred at the family home in a private ceremony, buried beneath a willow tree next to his late wife Rosalynn.
—Stephen Fowler, NPR, 30 Dec. 2024
The couple’s gravestones will be by a willow tree at the edge of a pond that Jimmy helped dig.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Willow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/willow. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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