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Salix repens

Salix repens

9.9
A small low-growing bush with soft green leaves that spreads over the ground
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • The Salix repens is often planted in gardens for ground cover due to its trailing habit.

Examples

  • The Salix repens thrives in wet, marshy areas.

  • Several varieties of Salix repens are cultivated for their ornamental value.

  • Botanists studied the leaf structure of Salix repens to understand its adaptation to sandy soils.

  • I saw a beautiful Salix repens near the pond.

  • Botanists studied the leaf structure of Salix repens to understand its adaptation to sandy soils.

  • Several varieties of Salix repens are cultivated for their ornamental value.

  • The Salix repens is often planted in gardens for ground cover due to its trailing habit.

Synonyms

creeping willow
vsSalix repens
  • UK
6.8

A small shrub with long low branches and soft green leaves that spreads across ground and is used in gardens

is the formal botanical name used for the same low growing shrub

Surface Forms

Salix repens singular
Salix repenses plural

Morphology

Salix + repens

Although 'Salix' identifies the willow genus, 'repens' is a Latin adjective not found in the provided dictionary and is not a familiar English word; an average B1 learner would not reliably infer that it means 'creeping'. As a scientific binomial where the second element is Latin and not transparently compositional in everyday English, the overall meaning is not derivable from the listed constituents.

Etymology

Salix repens comes from Latin words: Salix means 'willow' and repens means 'creeping'. So the name describes a small, low-growing willow that spreads along the ground.