sandbar willow
nounDefinition of sandbar willow
: any of various willows that flourish along streams or on alluvial land: such as
a
: a much-branched chiefly eastern North American shrubby willow (Salix interior) with lanceolate leaves that are silky when young
b
: a shrubby chiefly western North American willow (Salix exigua) having leaves permanently silky but otherwise resembling the eastern sandbar willow