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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..

Viceroy :: Viceroy (prep.) A large and handsome American butterfly (Basilarchia, / Limenitis, archippus). Its wings are orange-red, with black lines along the nervures and a row of white spots along the outer margins. The larvae feed on willow, poplar, and apple trees..

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

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

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

Willow :: 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..

Nucament :: Nucament (n.) A catkin or ament; the flower cluster of the hazel, pine, willow, and the like..

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..

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..

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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..

Wilwe :: Wilwe (n.) Willow.

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

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..

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