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Definition of willow

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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..

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

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

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

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.

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

Pliable :: Pliable (v.) Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent; flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; as, willow is a pliable plant..

Prickle :: Prickle (n.) A kind of willow basket; -- a term still used in some branches of trade.

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

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

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

Penduline :: Penduline (n.) A European titmouse (Parus, / Aegithalus, pendulinus). It is noted for its elegant pendulous purselike nest, made of the down of willow trees and lined with feathers..

Willowy :: Willowy (a.) Resembling a willow; pliant; flexible; pendent; drooping; graceful.

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

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

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

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

Wilwe :: Wilwe (n.) Willow.

Willowed :: Willowed (a.) Abounding with willows; containing willows; covered or overgrown with willows.

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..