Usage Note
Saule refers to the willow tree. The most iconic variety is le saule pleureur ('the weeping willow'), a frequent symbol of melancholy in French poetry and garden design. Willow bark (l'écorce de saule) was historically used as a natural painkiller and is the origin of aspirin.
Examples
"Un saule pleureur borde la rivière."
Natural Translation
A weeping willow lines the river.

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