willow : Idioms & Phrases


Almond willow

  • 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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Almond willow, Pussy willow, Weeping willow

  • . (Bot.) See under Almond, Pussy, and Weeping.
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almond-leaves willow

  • 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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arctic willow

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

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

  • 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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balsam willow

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

  • 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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bay willow

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

  • 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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black willow

  • 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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brittle willow

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

  • 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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crack willow

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

  • 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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cricket-bat willow

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

  • 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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dwarf gray willow

  • 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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dwarf grey willow

  • 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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dwarf willow

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

  • 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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goat willow

  • 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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golden willow

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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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peachleaf willow

  • 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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prairie willow

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

  • 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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Pussy willow

  • 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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red willow

  • 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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Sage willow

  • 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 willow

Sea" wil"low
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  1. (Zoöl.) A gorgonian coral with long flexible branches.
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shining willow

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

  • 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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silver 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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sitka willow

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

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

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

  • 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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Sweet willow

  • (Bot.), sweet gale.
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water willow

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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Weeping willow

  • 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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white willow

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

  • noun a variety of aster
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willow bell

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

  • (Zoöl.) the blue tit. Prov. Eng.
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willow family

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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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Willow ptarmigan

  • (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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Willow tea

  • 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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Willow thrush

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

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

  • (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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willow-herb

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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willow-pattern

  • 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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willow-thorn

Wil"low-thorn` noun
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  1. (Bot.) A thorny European shrub (Hippophaë rhamnoides) resembling a willow.
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willow-weed

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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willow-wort

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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wisconsin weeping willow

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