willow family
Americannoun
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the plant family Salicaceae, characterized by deciduous trees and shrubs having simple, alternate leaves, hairy catkins of male and female flowers on separate plants, and capsular fruit, and including the aspen, cottonwood, poplar, and willow.
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But the willow family is quite independent of its seeds in the matter of propagation.
From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen
The willow family presents great contrasts, both physical and sentimental.
From Getting Acquainted with the Trees by McFarland, J. Horace (John Horace)
Along the watercourses the willow family finds its most congenial habitat.
From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen
The genus Myrica is the type of a small, but widely distributed order, Myricaceae, which is placed among the apetalous families of Dicotyledons, and is perhaps most nearly allied to the willow family.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
These "natural hybrids" have greatly confused the botany of the willow family.
From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen
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