Search Result for "salix_amygdalina":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. Old World willow with light green leaves cultivated for use in basketry;
[syn: almond willow, black Hollander, Salix triandra, Salix amygdalina]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Almond \Alm"ond\ ([aum]"m[u^]nd), n. [OE. almande, almaunde, alemaunde, F. amande, L. amygdala, fr. Gr. 'amygda`lh: cf. Sp. almendra. Cf. Amygdalate.] 1. The fruit of the almond tree. [1913 Webster] Note: The different kinds, as bitter, sweet, thin-shelled, thick-shelled almonds, and Jordan almonds, are the products of different varieties of the one species, Amygdalus communis, a native of the Mediterranean region and western Asia. [1913 Webster] 2. The tree that bears the fruit; almond tree. [1913 Webster] 3. Anything shaped like an almond. Specifically: (Anat.) One of the tonsils. [1913 Webster] Almond oil, fixed oil expressed from sweet or bitter almonds. Oil of bitter almonds, a poisonous volatile oil obtained from bitter almonds by maceration and distillation; benzoic aldehyde. Imitation oil of bitter almonds, nitrobenzene. Almond tree (Bot.), the tree bearing the almond. Almond willow (Bot.), a willow which has leaves that are of a light green on both sides; almond-leaved willow (Salix amygdalina). --Shenstone. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Salix amygdalina n 1: Old World willow with light green leaves cultivated for use in basketry [syn: almond willow, black Hollander, Salix triandra, Salix amygdalina]