| willow wattle | <botany, ecology> A living, permeable barrier made of willow stems set into the ground with willow branches woven around the stems, used to reduce erosion on steep banks or to act as a check dam in a stream. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| wattle | 1. A twig or flexible rod; hence, a hurdle made of such rods. "And there he built with wattles from the marsh A little lonely church in days of yore." (Tennyson) 2. A rod laid on a roof to support the thatch. 3. <zoology> A naked fleshy, and usually wrinkled and highly coloured, process of the skin hanging from the chin or throat of a bird or reptile. Barbel of a fish. 4. The astringent bark of several Australian trees of the genus Acacia, used in tanning. Synonym: wattle bark. <botany> The trees from which the bark is obtained. See Savanna wattle, under Savanna. Wattle turkey. <zoology> Same as Brush turkey. Origin: AS. Watel, watul, watol, hurdle, covering, wattle; cf. OE. Watel a bag. Cf. Wallet. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| water willow | <botany> An American aquatic plant (Dianthera Americana) with long willowlike leaves, and spikes of small purplish flowers. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| willow | 1. <botany> Any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, including many species, most of which are characterised often used as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. "A wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight." . 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. 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. Synonym: willy, twilly, twilly devil, and devil. Almond willow, Pussy willow, Weeping willow. <botany> A very small European warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus). Synonym: bee bird, haybird, golden wren, pettychaps, sweet William, Tom Thumb, and willow wren. Origin: OE. Wilowe, wilwe, AS. Wilig, welig; akin to OD. Wilge, D. Wilg, LG. Wilge. Cf. Willy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| willow-herb | <botany> 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. Spiked willow-herb, a perennial herb (Lythrum Salicaria) with willowy leaves and spiked purplish flowers. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| willow-thorn | <botany> A thorny European shrub (Hippophae rhamnoides) resembling a willow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| willow-weed | <botany> A European species of loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris). Any kind of Polygonum with willowlike foliage. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| willow-wort | <botany> Same as Willow-weed. Any plant of the order Salicaceae, or the Willow family. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea willow | <zoology> A gorgonian coral with long flexible branches. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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