willow : Idioms & Phrases

• noun Old World willow with light green leaves cultivated for use in basketry
  black Hollander; Salix triandra; Salix amygdalina.
  

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• (Bot.), a willow which has leaves that are of a light green on both sides; almond-leaved willow (Salix amygdalina). Shenstone.

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• . (Bot.) See under Almond, Pussy, and Weeping.

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• noun willow of the western United States with leaves like those of peach or almond trees
  almond-leaves willow; Salix amygdaloides; peach-leaved willow.
  

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• noun low creeping shrub of Arctic Europe and America
  Salix arctica.
  

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• noun shrubby willow of the western United States
  Salix lasiolepis.
  

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• noun willow with long drooping branches and slender leaves native to China; widely cultivated as an ornamental
  Babylonian weeping willow; Salix babylonica.
  

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• noun small shrubby tree of eastern North America having leaves exuding an odor of balsam when crushed
  Salix pyrifolia.
  

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

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• noun European willow tree with shining leathery leaves; widely naturalized in the eastern United States
  Salix pentandra; bay willow.
  

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• noun dwarf prostrate mat-forming shrub of Arctic and alpine regions of North America and Greenland having deep green elliptic leaves that taper toward the base
  Salix uva-ursi.
  

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• noun North American shrubby willow having dark bark and linear leaves growing close to streams and lakes
  Salix nigra; black willow.
  

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• noun large willow tree with stiff branches that are easily broken
  Salix fragilis; crack willow; brittle willow.
  

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• noun small South African tree having creamy yellow fragrant flowers usually growing on stream banks
  Combretum erythrophyllum.
  
• noun small deciduous tree of the Transvaal having spikes of yellow flowers
  Combretum appiculatum.
  

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• noun large willow tree with stiff branches that are easily broken
  Salix fragilis; crack willow; brittle willow.
  

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• noun small trailing bush of Europe and Asia having straggling branches with silky green leaves of which several varieties are cultivated
  Salix repens.
  

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• noun Eurasian willow tree having greyish leaves and ascending branches
  Salix alba caerulea.
  

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• noun evergreen shrubby tree resembling a willow of dry regions of southwestern North America having showy purplish flowers and long seed pods
  Chilopsis linearis.
  

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• noun willow shrub of dry places in the eastern United States having long narrow leaves canescent beneath
  dwarf gray willow; dwarf grey willow; Salix tristis.
  

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• noun willow shrub of dry places in the eastern United States having long narrow leaves canescent beneath
  dwarf gray willow; dwarf grey willow; Salix tristis.
  

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• noun widely distributed boreal shrubby willow with partially underground creeping stems and bright green glossy leaves
  Salix herbacea.
  

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• noun much-branched Old World willow having large catkins and relatively large broad leaves
  goat willow; Salix caprea; florist's willow.
  

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• noun much-branched Old World willow having large catkins and relatively large broad leaves
  goat willow; Salix caprea; florist's willow.
  

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• noun European willow having greyish leaves and yellow-orange twigs used in basketry
  Salix alba vitellina; Salix vitellina.
  

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• noun Eurasian shrubby willow with whitish tomentose twigs
  gray willow; Salix cinerea.
  

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• noun Eurasian shrubby willow with whitish tomentose twigs
  gray willow; Salix cinerea.
  

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

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• noun North American shrub with whitish canescent leaves
  Salix candida; hoary willow.
  

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• noun large willow tree of Eurasia and North Africa having greyish canescent leaves and grey bark
  Huntingdon willow; Salix alba.
  

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• noun European willow tree with shining leathery leaves; widely naturalized in the eastern United States
  Salix pentandra; bay willow.
  

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• noun willow of the western United States with leaves like those of peach or almond trees
  almond-leaves willow; Salix amygdaloides; peach-leaved willow.
  

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• noun willow of the western United States with leaves like those of peach or almond trees
  almond-leaves willow; Salix amygdaloides; peach-leaved willow.
  

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• noun slender shrubby willow of dry areas of North America
  Salix humilis.
  

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

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• noun small willow of eastern North America having greyish leaves and silky catkins that come before the leaves
  Salix discolor.
  
• noun much-branched Old World willow having large catkins and relatively large broad leaves
  goat willow; Salix caprea; florist's willow.
  

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• (Bot.), any kind of willow having large cylindrical catkins clothed with long glossy hairs, especially the American Salix discolor; called also glaucous willow, and swamp willow.

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

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• noun willow shrub of dry places in the eastern United States having long narrow leaves canescent beneath
  dwarf gray willow; dwarf grey willow; Salix tristis.
  
• noun North American shrub with whitish canescent leaves
  Salix candida; hoary willow.
  

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• (Bot.), a species of willow (Salix tristis) forming a low bush with nearly sessile grayish green leaves.

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Sea" wil"low

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1. (Zoöl.) A gorgonian coral with long flexible branches.

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• noun common North American shrub with shiny lanceolate leaves
  Salix lucida.
  

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• noun small shrubby tree of western North America (Alaska to Oregon)
  Salix sitchensis; silky willow.
  
• noun North American willow with greyish silky pubescent leaves that usually blacken in drying
  silky willow; Salix sericea; Salix alba sericea.
  

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• noun North American willow with greyish silky pubescent leaves that usually blacken in drying
  silky willow; Salix sericea; Salix alba sericea.
  

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• noun small shrubby tree of western North America (Alaska to Oregon)
  Salix sitchensis; silky willow.
  

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• noun large willow tree with stiff branches that are easily broken
  Salix fragilis; crack willow; brittle willow.
  

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• a perennial herb (Lythrum Salicaria) with willowy leaves and spiked purplish flowers.

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• noun North American shrubby willow having dark bark and linear leaves growing close to streams and lakes
  Salix nigra; black willow.
  

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• . (Bot.) See Pussy willow, under Pussy.

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• (Bot.), sweet gale.

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Wa"ter wil`low

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1. (Bot.) An American aquatic plant (Dianthera Americana) with long willowlike leaves, and spikes of small purplish flowers.

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• noun willow with long drooping branches and slender leaves native to China; widely cultivated as an ornamental
  Babylonian weeping willow; Salix babylonica.
  

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• (Bot.), a species of willow (Salix Babylonica) whose branches grow very long and slender, and hang down almost perpendicularly.

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• noun large willow tree of Eurasia and North Africa having greyish canescent leaves and grey bark
  Huntingdon willow; Salix alba.
  

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• noun a variety of aster
  

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• noun perennial European bellflower with racemose white or blue flowers
  peach bell; Campanula persicifolia; peach bells.
  

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• (Zoöl.) the blue tit. Prov. Eng.

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• noun two genera of trees or shrubs having hairy catkins: Salix; Populus
  Salicaceae; family Salicaceae.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a greenish European stone fly (Chloroperla viridis); called also yellow Sally.

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• (Zoöl.), a conical, scaly gall produced on willows by the larva of a small dipterous fly (Cecidomyia strobiloides).

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• (Zoöl.), the white ptarmigan. See ptarmigan.

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• (Zoöl.), the sedge warbler. Prov. Eng.

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• noun medium to large deciduous oak of the eastern United States having long lanceolate leaves and soft strong wood
  Quercus phellos.
  

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• (Zoöl.) (a) The European reed bunting, or black-headed bunting. See under Reed. (b) A sparrow (Passer salicicolus) native of Asia, Africa, and Southern Europe.

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• the prepared leaves of a species of willow largely grown in the neighborhood of Shanghai, extensively used by the poorer classes of Chinese as a substitute for tea. McElrath.

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• (Zoöl.), a variety of the veery, or Wilson's thrush. See Veery.

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• noun any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix
  willow.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a very small European warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus); called also bee bird, haybird, golden wren, pettychaps, sweet William, Tom Thumb, and willow wren.

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Wil"low-herb` noun

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1. (Bot.) 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.

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• noun chinaware decorated with a blue Chinese design on a white background depicting a willow tree and often a river
  willowware.
  

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Wil"low-thorn` noun

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1. (Bot.) A thorny European shrub (Hippophaë rhamnoides) resembling a willow.

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Wil"low-weed` noun

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1. (Bot.) (a) A European species of loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris). (b) Any kind of Polygonum with willowlike foliage.

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Wil"low-wort` noun

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1. (Bot.) (a) Same as Willow-weed. (b) Any plant of the order Salicaceæ, or the Willow family.

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• noun hybrid willow usually not strongly weeping in habit
  Salix pendulina blanda; Salix blanda; Salix pendulina.
  

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