weeping (noun)

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• weeping golden bell — noun or weeping forsythia : a Chinese shrub (Forsythia suspensa) with pendulous branches and yellow flowers * * * a Chinese shrub, Forsythia suspensa, of the olive family, having long, arching, pendulous, hollow branches that root at the tip in… …   Useful english dictionary

• weeping birch — noun A variety of the white birch, with drooping branches • • • Main Entry: ↑weep * * * weeping birch, a variety of the white birch of northern Europe and the northern United States having drooping branches …   Useful english dictionary

• weeping-cross — or weepˈing cross noun 1. (a former site of) a wayside cross where penitents might pray 2. In phrases such as come home by Weeping Cross to experience bitter regret, disappointment or failure • • • Main Entry: ↑weep …   Useful english dictionary

• weeping rock — noun : a porous rock from which water oozes * * * weeping rock noun A rock through which water percolates slowly • • • Main Entry: ↑weep …   Useful english dictionary

• weeping spring — noun : a spring that discharges water slowly * * * weeping spring noun A spring from which water escapes slowly • • • Main Entry: ↑weep …   Useful english dictionary

• weeping willow — noun count a tree with thin leaves and long branches that bend downward …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• weeping tree broom — noun small shrubby tree of New Zealand having weeping branches and racemes of white to violet flowers followed by woolly indehiscent two seeded pods • Hypernyms: ↑broom • Member Holonyms: ↑Chordospartium, ↑genus Chordospartium …   Useful english dictionary

• weeping willow — noun willow with long drooping branches and slender leaves native to China; widely cultivated as an ornamental • Syn: ↑Babylonian weeping willow, ↑Salix babylonica • Hypernyms: ↑willow, ↑willow tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Salix …   Useful english dictionary

• weeping forsythia — noun see weeping golden bell …   Useful english dictionary

• weeping ash — noun A variety of the common European ash, with drooping branches • • • Main Entry: ↑weep …   Useful english dictionary

• weeping elm — noun A variety of wych elm, with drooping branches • • • Main Entry: ↑weep …   Useful english dictionary