Word Meanings - WILLOW-THORN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A thorny European shrub resembling a willow.

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• WILLOWER
  A willow. See Willow, n., 2.
• WILLOW-WORT
  Same as Willow-weed. Any plant of the order Salicaceæ, or the Willow family.
• SHRUBBY
  1. Full of shrubs. 2. Of the nature of a shrub; resembling a shrub. "Shrubby browse." J. Philips.
• SHRUBLESS
  having no shrubs. Byron.
• THORNY
  1. Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown. 2. Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome; vexatious; harassing; perplexing. "The thorny point of bare distress." Shak. The
• WILLOWISH
  Having the color of the willow; resembling the willow; willowy. Walton.
• WILLOWED
  Abounding with willows; containing willows; covered or overgrown with willows. "Willowed meads." Collins.
• RESEMBLINGLY
  So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.
• SHRUBBINESS
  Quality of being shrubby.
• RESEMBLANT
  Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. Gower.
• WILLOWY
  1. Abounding with willows. Where willowy Camus lingers with delight. Gray. 2. Resembling a willow; pliant; flexible; pendent; drooping; graceful.
• EUROPEAN
  Of or pertaining to Europe, or to its inhabitants. On the European plain, having rooms to let, and leaving it optional with guests whether they will take meals in the house; -- said of hotels.
• SHRUB
  A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it.
• RESEMBLE
  sembler to seem, resemble, fr. L. similare, simulare, to imitate, fr. 1. To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other. We will resemble you in that. Shak.
• RESEMBLABLE
  Admitting of being compared; like. Gower.
• SHRUBBERY
  1. A collection of shrubs. 2. A place where shrubs are planted. Macaulay.
• WILLOW-WEED
  A European species of loosestrife . Any kind of Polygonum with willowlike foliage.
• WILLOW-HERB
  A perennial herb with narrow willowlike leaves and showy rose-purple flowers. The name is sometimes made to include other species of the same genus. Spiked willow-herb, a perennial herb with willowy leaves and spiked purplish flowers.
• WILLOW
  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,
• EUROPEANIZE
  To cause to become like the Europeans in manners or character; to habituate or accustom to European usages. A state of society . . . changed and Europenized. Lubbock.
• WATER WILLOW
  An American aquatic plant with long willowlike leaves, and spikes of small purplish flowers.
• UNSHRUBBED
  Being without shrubs.
• CONCERT OF EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONCERT
  An agreement or understanding between the chief European powers to take only joint action in the Eastern Question.
• UNDERSHRUB
  Partly shrublike.