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Definition of willow

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Willow (n.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, including many species, most of which are characterized often used as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. A wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight. Sir W. Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the person beloved, is said to wear the willow..

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Salix :: Salix (n.) A genus of trees or shrubs including the willow, osier, and the like, growing usually in wet grounds..

Rosebay :: Rosebay (n.) An herb (Epilobium spicatum) with showy purple flowers, common in Europe and North America; -- called also great willow herb..

Sallow :: Sallow (n.) A name given to certain species of willow, especially those which do not have flexible shoots, as Salix caprea, S. cinerea, etc..

Willowy :: Willowy (a.) Abounding with willows.

Canister :: Canister (n.) A small basket of rushes, reeds, or willow twigs, etc..

Fireweed :: Fireweed (n.) The great willow-herb (Epilobium spicatum).

Willower :: Willower (n.) A willow. See Willow, n., 2..

Willow-weed :: Willow-weed (n.) A European species of loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris).

Ovenbird :: Ovenbird (n.) In England, sometimes applied to the willow warbler, and to the long-tailed titmouse..

Fusain :: Fusain (n.) Fine charcoal of willow wood, used as a drawing implement..

Weeping :: Weeping (a.) Having slender, pendent branches; -- said of trees; as, weeping willow; a weeping ash..

Salicin :: Salicin (n.) A glucoside found in the bark and leaves of several species of willow (Salix) and poplar, and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance..

Willow-wort :: Willow-wort (n.) Any plant of the order Salicaceae, or the Willow family..

Sallow :: Sallow (n.) The willow; willow twigs.

Sea Willow :: Sea willow () A gorgonian coral with long flexible branches.

Whipper :: Whipper (n.) A kind of simple willow.

Withe :: Withe (n.) A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band; a willow or osier twig; a withy..

Salix :: Salix (n.) A tree or shrub of any kind of willow.

Pettychaps :: Pettychaps (n.) Any one of several species of small European singing birds of the subfamily Sylviinae, as the willow warbler, the chiff-chaff, and the golden warbler (Sylvia hortensis)..

Pollard :: Pollard (v. t.) To lop the tops of, as trees; to poll; as, to pollard willows..