Word.ws English Dictionary

black willow

black willow noun: a willow of species Salix nigra, native to much of the eastern United States, excluding Florida, and to parts of California and Arizona.

black willow: a willow of species Salix nigra, native to much of the eastern United States, excluding Florida,...
Image: SB Johnny, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Noun

black willow (countable and uncountable, plural black willows)

  1. A willow of species Salix nigra, native to much of the eastern United States, excluding Florida, and to parts of California and Arizona.
    Synonyms:
    swamp willow

Synonyms of black willow

  • swamp willow

Forms of black willow

pluralblack willows

Questions about black willow

What does black willow mean?
Black willow means a willow of species Salix nigra, native to much of the eastern United States, excluding Florida, and to parts of California and Arizona.
What part of speech is black willow?
Black willow is a noun.
What is the plural of black willow?
The plural of black willow is black willows.

Words near black willow in the dictionary

  1. black where it counts
  2. black widow
  3. black widow knee slide
  4. black widow knee slides
  5. black widows
  6. black willow
  7. black willows
  8. black witch
  9. black witches
  10. black woman
  11. black women

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: black willow (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “black willow.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/black_willow. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.