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

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..

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

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

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.

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..

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

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

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

Willowish :: Willowish (a.) Having the color of the willow; resembling the willow; willowy.

Helicin :: Helicin (n.) A glucoside obtained as a white crystalline substance by partial oxidation of salicin, from a willow (Salix Helix of Linnaeus.).

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..

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..

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)..

Salicaceous :: Salicaceous (a.) Belonging or relating to the willow.

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

Polyphemus :: Polyphemus (n.) A very large American moth (Telea polyphemus) belonging to the Silkworm family (Bombycidae). Its larva, which is very large, bright green, with silvery tubercles, and with oblique white stripes on the sides, feeds on the oak, chestnut, willow, cherry, apple, and other trees. It produces a large amount of strong silk. Called also American silkworm..

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

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

Withy :: Withy (n.) The osier willow (Salix viminalis). See Osier, n. (a)..

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