arctic willow

noun

1. a low-growing shrub, Salix arctica, of the tundra

Example Sentences

Near by a flock of ptarmigan fed upon the buds of a clump of arctic willow that was dwarfed almost out of existence.

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Its winter food consists of seeds of alpine plants and the buds of dwarf arctic willow.

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It is sparingly lined with blades of old grass and dead leaves of the dwarf arctic willow.

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The ice hare lives on the bark and twigs of the arctic willow and the dry moss and stubble of the desolate regions it inhabits.

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