Word Meanings - WILWE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Willow. Chaucer.

WILLOWER
A willow. See Willow, n., 2.
WILLOW-WORT
Same as Willow-weed. Any plant of the order Salicaceæ, or the Willow family.
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.
WILLOWY
1. Abounding with willows. Where willowy Camus lingers with delight. Gray. 2. Resembling a willow; pliant; flexible; pendent; drooping; graceful.
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,
WILLOW-THORN
A thorny European shrub resembling a willow.
WATER WILLOW
An American aquatic plant with long willowlike leaves, and spikes of small purplish flowers.
SEA WILLOW
A gorgonian coral with long flexible branches.