1. North American shrubby willow having dark bark and linear leaves growing close to streams and lakes; [syn: swamp willow, black willow, Salix nigra]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
black willow
n 1: North American shrubby willow having dark bark and linear
leaves growing close to streams and lakes [syn: swamp
willow, black willow, Salix nigra]