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salice

willow

noun SAH-lee-cheh Rare

Origin: From Latin salix (willow).

Usage Note

Salice is most commonly encountered as salice piangente (weeping willow), a familiar landscape tree. It is masculine (il salice, i salici). Willow bark was historically used as a fever remedy and is the natural source of salicin, the precursor to aspirin — a fact often noted in Italian botanical texts.

Examples

"Il salice piangente cresce vicino al lago."

Natural Translation

The weeping willow grows near the lake.

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