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willow 
  n 
1 any of numerous salicaceous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix, such as the weeping willow and osiers of N temperate regions, which have graceful flexible branches and flowers in catkins 
2 the whitish wood of certain of these trees 
3 something made of willow wood, such as a cricket or baseball bat 
4 a machine having a system of revolving spikes for opening and cleaning raw textile fibres 
  (Old English welig; related to wilige wicker basket, Old Saxon wilgia, Middle High German wilge, Greek helike willow, helix twisted) 
♦  willowish, willow-like  adj 

arctic willow 
  n a low-growing shrub, Salix arctica, of the Canadian tundra 
crack willow 
  n 
1 a species of commonly grown willow, Salix fragilis, with branches that snap easily 
2 any of various related willows 
diamond willow 
  n  (Canadian) wood that may come from any species of willow and has a diamond pattern in the grain, used for making walking sticks, table lamps, etc. 
pussy willow 
  n 
1 an American willow tree, Salix discolor, with silvery silky catkins: widely planted for ornament 
2 any of various similar willows 
weeping willow 
  n a Chinese willow tree, Salix babylonica, having long hanging branches: widely planted for ornament 
willow fly 
  n a stonefly, Leuctra geniculata, of the English chalk streams, esteemed by trout and therefore by anglers 
willow grouse 
  n a N European grouse, Lagopus lagopus, with a reddish-brown plumage and white wings: now regarded as the same species as the red grouse (L. lagopus scoticus) of Britain 
willow pattern 
  n 
a a pattern incorporating a willow tree, river, bridge, and figures, typically in blue on a white ground, used on pottery and porcelain 
b (as modifier) 
a willow-pattern plate  
Willow South 
  n a city in S Alaska, about 113 km (70 miles) northwest of Anchorage: chosen as the site of the projected new state capital in 1976 
willow tit 
  n a small tit, Parus montanus, of marshy woods in Europe, having a greyish-brown body and dull black crown 
willow warbler 
  n an Old World warbler, Phylloscopus trochilis, of Eurasian woodlands 



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