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Definition of willow

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Willow (n.) A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called also willy, twilly, twilly devil, and devil..

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Viceroy :: Viceroy (prep.) A large and handsome American butterfly (Basilarchia, / Limenitis, archippus). Its wings are orange-red, with black lines along the nervures and a row of white spots along the outer margins. The larvae feed on willow, poplar, and apple trees..

Willower :: Willower (n.) A willow. See Willow, n., 2..

Pollard :: Pollard (v. t.) To lop the tops of, as trees; to poll; as, to pollard willows..

Salicin :: Salicin (n.) A glucoside found in the bark and leaves of several species of willow (Salix) and poplar, and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance..

Willow-weed :: Willow-weed (n.) A European species of loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris).

Onagrarieous :: Onagrarieous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Onagraceae or Onagrarieae), which includes the fuchsia, the willow-herb (Epilobium), and the evening primrose (/nothera)..

Fireweed :: Fireweed (n.) The great willow-herb (Epilobium spicatum).

Willow-wort :: Willow-wort (n.) Any plant of the order Salicaceae, or the Willow family..

Willowish :: Willowish (a.) Having the color of the willow; resembling the willow; willowy.

Sea Willow :: Sea willow () A gorgonian coral with long flexible branches.

Willow-weed :: Willow-weed (n.) Any kind of Polygonum with willowlike foliage.

Whipper :: Whipper (n.) A kind of simple willow.

Wilwe :: Wilwe (n.) Willow.

Water Willow :: Water willow () An American aquatic plant (Dianthera Americana) with long willowlike leaves, and spikes of small purplish flowers..

Pussy :: Pussy (n.) A catkin of the pussy willow.

Canister :: Canister (n.) A small basket of rushes, reeds, or willow twigs, etc..

Salix :: Salix (n.) A genus of trees or shrubs including the willow, osier, and the like, growing usually in wet grounds..

Willow :: Willow (n.) A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called also willy, twilly, twilly devil, and devil..

Catkin :: Catkin (n.) An ament; a species of inflorescence, consisting of a slender axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar, and (as to the staminate flowers) in the chestnut, oak, hickory, etc. -- so called from its resemblance to a cat's tail. See Illust. of Ament..

Fusain :: Fusain (n.) Fine charcoal of willow wood, used as a drawing implement..