French willow
English
Noun
French willow (plural French willows)
- A species of willow tree, Salix triandra, native to Eurasia.
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., Folk and Fairy Tales, page 280:
- In the shady retreat under the hill grew clusters of luxuriant ferns; the wild French willow stood proudly with its lofty crest of red and gorgeous flowers between the pebbles[.]