osier : Idioms & Phrases

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common osier

  • noun willow with long flexible twigs used in basketry
    common osier; hemp willow; Salix viminalis.
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Osier bed, ∨ Osier holt

  • a place where willows are grown for basket making. Eng.
Webster 1913

purple osier

  • noun Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich in tannin
    purple willow; purple osier; Salix purpurea; red willow; basket willow.
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Red osier

  • noun common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers
    Cornus stolonifera; American dogwood; redbrush; red dogwood; red osier.
  • noun Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich in tannin
    purple willow; purple osier; Salix purpurea; red willow; basket willow.
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  • . (a) A kind of willow with reddish twigs (Salix rubra). (b) An American shrub (Cornus stolonifera) which has slender red branches; also called osier cornel.
Webster 1913

red osier dogwood

  • noun common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers
    Cornus stolonifera; American dogwood; redbrush; red dogwood; red osier.
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velvet osier

  • noun willow with long flexible twigs used in basketry
    common osier; hemp willow; Salix viminalis.
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