"pussy willow" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pussy willows [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pussy willow (plural pussy willows)
  1. Any of a number of species of willow and sallow when their catkins are still young in spring. Categories (lifeform): Willows and poplars Translations (willow or sallow when their catkins are still young): 褪色柳 (tuìsèliǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), Kätzchenweide [feminine] (German), fűzbarka (Hungarian), 猫柳 (neko yanagi) (alt: ねこやなぎ) (Japanese), Pelzkota [masculine] (Plautdietsch), sauce blanco (Spanish)

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