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Definition of white willow in English: white willownoun A Eurasian stream-side willow which has narrow leaves with silky white hairs on both sides, and bark which contains salicin. Salix alba, family Salicaceae Example sentencesExamples - Herbs that alleviate pain are meadowsweet and the white willow tree - both are a natural source of aspirin.
- Today's aspirin is a synthetic copy of the compound from a white willow tree studied by Dioscorides, who noted that juices from its bark and leaves eased colds' aches and fevers.
- To relieve headache pain, herbalists recommend white willow bark.
- The water comes from what the company says was once land covered in vast forests of white willow containing Salicin.
- He had ended up in a clearing, with white willows leaning to towards the water, trailing their long leafy curtain of fingers through the cool refreshing spring.
Definition of white willow in US English: white willownoun A Eurasian streamside willow that has narrow leaves with silky white hairs on both sides, and the bark of which contains salicin. Salix alba, family Salicaceae Example sentencesExamples - The water comes from what the company says was once land covered in vast forests of white willow containing Salicin.
- To relieve headache pain, herbalists recommend white willow bark.
- Today's aspirin is a synthetic copy of the compound from a white willow tree studied by Dioscorides, who noted that juices from its bark and leaves eased colds' aches and fevers.
- He had ended up in a clearing, with white willows leaning to towards the water, trailing their long leafy curtain of fingers through the cool refreshing spring.
- Herbs that alleviate pain are meadowsweet and the white willow tree - both are a natural source of aspirin.
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