weeping willow

an Asian willow, Salix babylonica, characterized by the drooping habit of its branches.

Origin of weeping willow

First recorded in 1725–35

No vegetation visible yet but the red maple, weeping-willow, and lilac.

Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson |Thomas Jefferson
He went into the house, lighted his lamp, sat down, read the letter; he went out and stood under the weeping-willow.

An Arkansas Planter |Opie Percival Read
Convey them to yonder cemetery, and bury them side by side under the weeping-willow.

Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions |Slason Thompson
Tess watched him stagger along the shore through the rain, the shadows of the weeping-willow trees at last swallowing him up.

Tess of the Storm Country |Grace Miller White

It was of a lady leaning against an urn, a weeping-willow tree near by.

A Dear Little Girl's Thanksgiving Holidays |Amy E. Blanchard

weeping willow

a hybrid willow tree, Salix alba × S. babylonica, known as S. alba var. tristis, having long hanging branches: widely planted for ornament