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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 tree or shrub of any kind of willow.

Wilwe :: Wilwe (n.) Willow.

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

Willow :: Willow (n.) A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called also willy, twilly, twilly devil, and devil..

Willow-wort :: Willow-wort (n.) Same as Willow-weed.

Osier :: Osier (n.) A kind of willow (Salix viminalis) growing in wet places in Europe and Asia, and introduced into North America. It is considered the best of the willows for basket work. The name is sometimes given to any kind of willow..

Willow-thorn :: Willow-thorn (n.) A thorny European shrub (Hippophae rhamnoides) resembling a willow.

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

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

Willow :: Willow (v. t.) To open and cleanse, as cotton, flax, or wool, by means of a willow. See Willow, n., 2..

Willying :: Willying (n.) The process of cleansing wool, cotton, or the like, with a willy, or willow..

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

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

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

Pussy :: Pussy (n.) A catkin of the pussy willow.

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

Willow-herb :: Willow-herb (n.) A perennial herb (Epilobium spicatum) with narrow willowlike leaves and showy rose-purple flowers. The name is sometimes made to include other species of the same genus.

Willy :: Willy (n.) Same as 1st Willow, 2..

Tumbril :: Tumbril (n.) A kind of basket or cage of osiers, willows, or the like, to hold hay and other food for sheep..

Catkin :: Catkin (n.) An ament; a species of inflorescence, consisting of a slender axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar, and (as to the staminate flowers) in the chestnut, oak, hickory, etc. -- so called from its resemblance to a cat's tail. See Illust. of Ament..