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

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..

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..

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

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

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

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)..

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

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

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..

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..

Onagrarieous :: Onagrarieous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Onagraceae or Onagrarieae), which includes the fuchsia, the willow-herb (Epilobium), and the evening primrose (/nothera)..

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

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

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..

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

Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) A species of willow.

Wilwe :: Wilwe (n.) Willow.

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

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