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An American aquatic plant (Dianthera Americana) with long willowlike leaves, and spikes of small purplish flowers.
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Any kind of Polygonum with willowlike foliage.
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A willow. See Willow, n., 2.
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Abounding with willows.
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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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A genus of trees or shrubs including the willow, osier, and the like, growing usually in wet grounds.
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A thorny European shrub (Hippophae rhamnoides) resembling a willow.
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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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The willow; willow twigs.
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A tree or shrub of any kind of willow.
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A name given to certain species of willow, especially those which do not have flexible shoots, as Salix caprea, S. cinerea, etc.
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Resembling a willow; pliant; flexible; pendent; drooping; graceful.
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Having the color of the willow; resembling the willow; willowy.
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Abounding with willows; containing willows; covered or overgrown with willows.
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A kind of basket or cage of osiers, willows, or the like, to hold hay and other food for sheep.
v. t.
To open and cleanse, as cotton, flax, or wool, by means of a willow. See Willow, n., 2.
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Any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, including many species, most of which are characterized often used as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. "A wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight." Sir W. Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the person beloved, is said to wear the willow.
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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.
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Same as Willow-weed.
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Any plant of the order Salicaceae, or the Willow family.
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