willow
IPA: wˈɪɫoʊ
noun
- Any of various deciduous trees or shrubs in the genus Salix, in the willow family Salicaceae, found primarily on moist soils in cooler zones in the northern hemisphere.
- The wood of these trees.
- (cricket, colloquial) A cricket bat.
- (baseball, slang, 1800s) The baseball bat.
- A rotating spiked drum used to open and clean cotton heads.
- A female given name from English of modern usage.
- A census-designated place in Alaska
- A town in Oklahoma
- A town in Wisconsin
verb
- (transitive) To open and cleanse (cotton, flax, wool, etc.) by means of a willow.
- (intransitive) To form a shape or move in a way similar to the long, slender branches of a willow.
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Examples of "willow" in Sentences
- The plants are the willow and poplar.
- There are three willow trees in my backyard.
- Willow and poplar trees flank the edges of the lake.
- Characteristic trees include alder, willow and sallow.
- The floodplain forest includes of willow and cottonwood.
- Willow and poplar trees line along the edges of the Lake.
- In the atypical plot, the dominant plant in the canopy was willow.
- An Account of the Success of the Bark of the Willow in the Cure of Agues.
- They took the bark of the willow tree, then gave it to the woman to drink.
- The wedding was to take place on the day the blossom fell from the willow tree.
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