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Willow

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What's The Definition Of Willow?
[n] a textile machine having a system of revolving spikes for opening and cleaning raw textile fibers
[n] any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix Synonyms | Synonyms for Willow: willow tree Related Terms | Find terms related to Willow: See Also | almond-leaves willow | arctic willow | arroyo willow | Babylonian weeping willow | balsam willow | bay willow | bearberry willow | black willow | brittle willow | crack willow | creeping willow | cricket-bat willow | dwarf gray willow | dwarf willow | genus Salix | gray willow | hoary willow | Huntingdon willow | laurel willow | osier | peachleaf willow | peach-leaved willow | prairie willow | pussy willow | sage willow | Salix | Salix alba | Salix alba caerulea | Salix alba sericea | Salix amygdaloides | Salix arctica | Salix babylonica | Salix blanda | Salix candida | Salix cinerea | Salix discolor | Salix fragilis | Salix herbacea | Salix humilis | Salix lasiolepis | Salix lucida | Salix nigra | Salix pendulina | Salix pendulina blanda | Salix pentandra | Salix pyrifolia | Salix repens | Salix sericea | Salix sitchensis | Salix tristis | Salix uva-ursi | sallow | shining willow | silky willow | silver willow | Sitka willow | snap willow | swamp willow | textile machine | tree | weeping willow | white willow | Wisconsin weeping willow Willow In Webster's Dictionary \Wil"low\, n. [OE. wilowe, wilwe, AS. wilig, welig; akin
to OD. wilge, D. wilg, LG. wilge. Cf. {Willy}.]
1. (Bot.) 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.
And I must wear the willow garland For him that's
dead or false to me. --Campbell.
2. (Textile Manuf.) 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}.
{Almond willow}, {Pussy willow}, {Weeping willow}. (Bot.) See
under {Almond}, {Pussy}, and {Weeping}.
{Willow biter} (Zo["o]l.) the blue tit. [Prov. Eng.]
{Willow fly} (Zo["o]l.), a greenish European stone fly
({Chloroperla viridis}); -- called also {yellow Sally}.
{Willow gall} (Zo["o]l.), a conical, scaly gall produced on
willows by the larva of a small dipterous fly ({Cecidomyia
strobiloides}).
{Willow grouse} (Zo["o]l.), the white ptarmigan. See
{ptarmigan}.
{Willow lark} (Zo["o]l.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.]
{Willow ptarmigan} (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The European reed bunting, or black-headed bunting.
See under {Reed}.
(b) A sparrow ({Passer salicicolus}) native of Asia,
Africa, and Southern Europe.
{Willow tea}, the prepared leaves of a species of willow
largely grown in the neighborhood of Shanghai, extensively
used by the poorer classes of Chinese as a substitute for
tea. --McElrath.
{Willow thrush} (Zo["o]l.), a variety of the veery, or
Wilson's thrush. See {Veery}.
{Willow warbler} (Zo["o]l.), a very small European warbler
({Phylloscopus trochilus}); -- called also {bee bird},
{haybird}, {golden wren}, {pettychaps}, {sweet William},
{Tom Thumb}, and {willow wren}.
\Wil"low\, v. t. To open and cleanse, as cotton, flax, or wool, by means of a willow. See {Willow}, n., 2. |
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