willow
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
willow/ˈwɪləʊ/
▶noun a tree or shrub of temperate climate which typically grows near water, has narrow leaves and pliant branches yielding osiers and wood, and bears catkins. [Genus Salix: many species.]
– origin OE welig, of Gmc origin.
'willow' also found in these Oxford entries:
carr
- catkin
- crack willow
- grouse
- leaf warbler
- osier
- pussy willow
- salicin
- salicional
- salicylic acid
- sallow
- sally
- weeping willow
- wicker
- willow grouse
- willow pattern
- willow ptarmigan
- willow warbler
- willowware
- withy
