Any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix.
synonym: willow tree.
Roget 839:
lament,
lamentation;
wail,
complaint,
plaint,
murmur,
mutter,
grumble,
groan,
moan,
whine,
whimper,
sob,
sigh,
suspiration,
heaving,
deep sigh.
cry
etc.
(vociferation)
411;
scream,
howl;
outcry,
wail of woe,
ululation;
frown,
scowl.
tear;
weeping
etc.
v.;
flood of tears,
fit of crying,
lacrimation,
lachrymation†,
melting mood,
weeping and gnashing of teeth.
plaintiveness
etc.
adj.;
languishment†;
condolence
etc.
915.
mourning,
weeds,
willow,
cypress,
crape,
deep mourning;
sackcloth and ashes;
lachrymatory†;
knell
etc.
363;
deep death song,
dirge,
coronach†,
nenia†,
requiem,
elegy,
epicedium†;
threne†;
monody,
threnody;
jeremiad,
jeremiade†;
ullalulla†.
mourner;
grumbler
etc.
(discontent)
832;
Noobe;
Heraclitus.
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Dutch: wilg
Polish: wierzba