noun
small shrubby tree of eastern North America having leaves exuding an odor of balsam when crushed
• Syn: ↑Salix pyrifolia
• Hypernyms: ↑willow, ↑willow tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Salix, ↑genus Salix
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noun : a low shrub or small tree (Salix pyrifolia) of northern No. America often occurring up to the tree line and having leaves prominently reticulate when mature and balsamic when crushed
Useful english dictionary. 2012.